| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 36243 |
| QUOTATION: | You have too much of a life yet before you, and have shown too much of promise as an officer, for your future to be lightly surrendered. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), U.S. president. letter to James M. Cutts, Jr., Oct. 26, 1863. Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 6, p. 538, Rutgers University Press (1953, 1990). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Lincoln Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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