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Abraham Lincoln - It comes from a passage in The Bible.

thou many have attributed this to Abraham Lincoln he was Quoting Samuel Clemens original line from an article in the Saint Lewis Examiner circa. 1858-59 were in Clemens was quoting from the bible. there have been several other authors having made this same quotation over the years James Eliot Baser being one and a numinous others. so in conclusion its is imposable based on the evidence at had to ascertain the original speaker as that would place its origination in to the 2 century AD when most researchers agree much of the New Testament was written

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