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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 36410 |
| QUOTATION: | Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), U.S. president. Quoted in Lincoln’s Own Stories (1912). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Lincoln Collection. |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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