Poverty, he was to say, only “tries men’s souls”; it is loneliness that “breaks the


“If you want to find out what a man is to the bottom, give him power. Any man can stand adversity — only a great man can stand prosperity. It is the glory of Abraham Lincoln that he never abused power only on the side of mercy”
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