Famous quotes containing the words racine and/or county:
“Another [Israelite]: The blood of the orphan,
A third [Israelite]: The tears of the miserable,
The Second [Israelite]: These are his most delightful dishes; This is his sweetest drink.”
—Jean Racine (1639–1699)
“It would astonish if not amuse, the older citizens of your County who twelve years ago knew me a stranger, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working on a flat boat—at ten dollars per month to learn that I have been put down here as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)