Earl of Lincoln is a title that has been created eight times in the Peerage of England.
Read more about Earl Of Lincoln: Earls of Lincoln, First Creation (1143), Earls of Lincoln, Second Creation (after 1143), Earls of Lincoln, Third Creation (about 1149), Earls of Lincoln, Fourth Creation (1217), Earls of Lincoln, Fifth Creation (1349), Earls of Lincoln, Sixth Creation (1467), Earls of Lincoln, Seventh Creation (1525), Earls of Lincoln, Eighth Creation (1572)
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“Great Negative, how vainly would the Wise
Enquire, define, distinguish, teach, devise,
Didst thou not stand to point their dull Philosophies?
Is, or is not, the two great Ends of Fate,
And, true or false, the Subject of Debate,
That perfect, or destroy, the vast Designs of Fate,”
—John Wilmot, 2d Earl Of Rochester (1909–1969)
“Our inherent human charity and our religious beliefs will be taxed to the limit. No poor, rural, weak, or black person should ever have to bear the additional burden of being deprived of the opportunity of an education, a job, or simple justice.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)
“We accepted this war for an object, a worthy object, and the war will end when that object is attained. Under God, I hope it never will until that time.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)