Stories and Anecdotes About Abraham Lincoln

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DON'T AIM TOO HIGH.

"Billy, don't shoot too high--aim lower, and the common people will understand you," Lincoln once said to a brother lawyer.

"They are the ones you want to reach--at least, they are the ones you ought to reach.

"The educated and refined people will understand you, anyway. If you aim too high, your idea will go over the heads of the masses, and only hit those who need no hitting."

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