| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 36135 |
| QUOTATION: | My father, at the death of his father, was but six years of age; and he grew up, literally without education. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Abraham Lincoln (18091865), U.S. president. letter to Jesse W. Fell, Dec. 20, 1859. Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, vol. 3, p. 511, 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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