He never lets the logic of principle, displace the logic of success.

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He never lets the logic of principle, displace the logic of success.

Abraham Lincoln

1859

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Expediency Moral principles Success

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Time

1859

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Abraham Lincoln

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Notes for Speeches, c. September 1859." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.

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Lincoln, Abraham. "Fragments: Notes for Speeches." c. Sep. 1859?

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