But For That Book, We Could Not

Four Score And Seven Years Ago Our Fathers Brought Forth On This Continent, A New Nation, Conceived In Liberty, And Dedicated To The Proposition That All Men Are Created Equal.

Care For Him Who Shall Have Borne The Battle

We Trust, Sir, That God Is On Our Side. It Is More Important To Know That We Are On God's Side.

Gratefully Accepting The Proffered Honor, [to Inscribe A New Legal Work To Him] I Give The Leave, Begging Only That The Inscription May Be In Modest Terms, Not Representing Me As A Man Of Great Learning, Or A Very Extraordinary One In Any Respect.

No Man Ever Got Lost On A Straight Road.