President Abraham Lincoln

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“I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing, that no man desires for himself.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)

“In a large university, there are as many deans and executive heads as there are schools and departments. Their relations to one another are intricate and periodic; in fact, “galaxy” is too loose a term: it is a planetarium of deans with the President of the University as a central sun. One can see eclipses, inner systems, and oppositions.”
—Jacques Barzun (b. 1907)

“We must work earnestly in the best light He gives us.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)