Earl of Lincoln

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    The talk not of Inconstancy,
    False Hearts, and broken Vows;
    If I, by Miracle, can be
    This live-long Minute true to thee,
    ‘Tis all that Heav’n allows.
    John Wilmot, 2d Earl Of Rochester (1647–1680)

    Great Negative, how vainly would the Wise
    Enquire, define, distinguish, teach, devise,
    Didst thou not stand to point their dull Philosophies?
    Is, or is not, the two great Ends of Fate,
    And, true or false, the Subject of Debate,
    That perfect, or destroy, the vast Designs of Fate,
    John Wilmot, 2d Earl Of Rochester (1909–1969)

    The issue is a mighty one for all people and all time; and whoever aids the right, will be appreciated and remembered.
    —Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)