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“Mr. Lincoln had no hope, and no faith, in the usual acceptation of those words.”
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Mary Todd Lincoln
#Atheism Quotes
#Usual Quotes
#No Hope Quotes
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“Mr. Lincoln's maxim and philosophy were: 'What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.' He never joined any Church. He was a religious man always, I think, but was not a technical Christian.”
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Mary Todd Lincoln
#Christian Quotes
#Religious Quotes
#Prayer Quotes
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“I explain to you, exactly and truly, how we are circumstanced. A greater portion of our means is unavailable, consisting of a house in S. Springfield and some wild lands in Iowa. Notwithstanding my great and good husband's life was sacrificed for his country, we are left to struggle in a manner...of life undeserved. Roving Generals have elegant mansions showered upon them, and the American people leave the family of the Martyred President to struggle as best they may! Strange justice this.”
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Mary Todd Lincoln
#Country Quotes
#Husband Quotes
#Struggle Quotes
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“Tell me, how can I live without my Husband any longer? This is my first awakening thought each morning, and as I watch the waves of the turbulent lake under our windows I sometimes feel I should like to go under them.”
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Mary Todd Lincoln
Source : Justin G. Turner, Linda Levitt Turner, Mary Todd Lincoln (1972). “Mary Todd Lincoln: her life and letters”, Random House Inc
#Morning Quotes
#Husband Quotes
#Lakes Quotes
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“I am convinced, the longer I live, that life and its blessings are not so entirely unjustly distributed as when we are suffering greatly we are inclined to suppose.”
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Mary Todd Lincoln
Source : "Mary Todd Lincoln: her life and letters".
#Blessing Quotes
#Suffering Quotes
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“These Souls with great Material Possessions were allowed this because of Past Good Works in their Previous Life, but now feel there is no need for Spiritual Progress. They are too easily forgetting why they were granted this Material Wealth in the first place. Therefore we must stop them from accumulating more Material Gains to Guide them back to the right path.”
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Mary Todd Lincoln
#Spiritual Quotes
#Past Quotes
#Soul Quotes
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“In grief, words are a poor consolation - silence and agonizing tears are all that is left the sufferer.”
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Mary Todd Lincoln
#Grief Quotes
#Silence Quotes
#Tears Quotes
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“Clouds and darkness surround us, yet Heaven is just, and the day of triumph will surely come, when justice and truth will be vindicated. Our wrongs will be made right, and we will once more taste the blessings of freedom”
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Mary Todd Lincoln
Source : Justin G. Turner, Linda Levitt Turner, Mary Todd Lincoln (1972). “Mary Todd Lincoln: her life and letters”, Random House Inc
#Blessing Quotes
#Clouds Quotes
#Justice Quotes
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“If you keep making jokes like that, somebody is going to shoot you, father.”
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Mary Todd Lincoln
#Father Quotes
#Never Quit Quotes
#Quitting Quotes
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“I would rather marry a good man, a man of mind, with a hope and bright prospects ahead for position, fame and power than to marry all the houses, gold and bones in the world.”
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Mary Todd Lincoln
#Men Quotes
#House Quotes
#Good Man Quotes
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“Beautiful, Glorious Scotland, has spoilt me for every other country.”
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Mary Todd Lincoln
Source : Justin G. Turner, Linda Levitt Turner, Mary Todd Lincoln (1972). “Mary Todd Lincoln: her life and letters”, Random House Inc
#Beautiful Quotes
#Country Quotes
#Scotland Quotes
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“My husband is not a Christian but is a religious man, I think.”
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Mary Todd Lincoln
#Christian Quotes
#Religious Quotes
#Husband Quotes
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“Other than that, I really enjoyed the play.”
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Mary Todd Lincoln
#Fake People Quotes
#Play Quotes
#People Quotes
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“Others live on in a careless and lukewarm state - not appearing to fill Longfellow's measure: 'Into each life, some rain must fall.'”
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Mary Todd Lincoln
#Fall Quotes
#Rain Quotes
#States Quotes
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“My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.”
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Mary Todd Lincoln
Source : Justin G. Turner, Linda Levitt Turner, Mary Todd Lincoln (1972). “Mary Todd Lincoln: her life and letters”, Random House Inc
#Procrastination Quotes
#Evil Quotes
#Genius Quotes
