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On the recordJuly 1, 1850
Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.
Said by
Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

In notes for a law lecture, Lincoln offers a fundamental principle for effective time management and productivity.

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Unlike a case of war between independent nations, there is no organized organ for us to treat with,--no one man has authority to give up the rebellion for any other man.

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Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

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