http://simplesurvivalskills.com/uncategorized/abraham-lincoln-prosperity/ What You Know Will Keep You Alive Fri, 28 May 2010 11:59:28 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://simplesurvivalskills.com/uncategorized/abraham-lincoln-prosperity/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Jane Gastineau Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:25:52 +0000 http://simplesurvivalskills.com/?p=182#comment-25 These are not legitimate Lincoln quotations. They were written by Rev. J.H. Boetcker of Erie, PA, and first published in 1916. In 1942 they were published by the Committee for Constitutional Government and attributed to Boetcker, but the other side of the published sheet contained an authentic Lincoln quote (properly attributed to Lincoln). Subsequent printings left the Boetcker citation out, and the axioms magically became Lincoln's. The short version of all that: Lincoln didn't say this. These are not legitimate Lincoln quotations. They were written by Rev. J.H. Boetcker of Erie, PA, and first published in 1916. In 1942 they were published by the Committee for Constitutional Government and attributed to Boetcker, but the other side of the published sheet contained an authentic Lincoln quote (properly attributed to Lincoln). Subsequent printings left the Boetcker citation out, and the axioms magically became Lincoln’s. The short version of all that: Lincoln didn’t say this.

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