On the recordFebruary 22, 1842
Pleasures to be enjoyed, or pains to be endured, after we shall be dead and gone, are but little regarded even in our own cases, and much less in the cases of others.
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Speaking on temperance, Lincoln notes the human inclination to discount future pleasures or pains, especially those beyond one's lifetime.
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