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To: DocJhn

So remember this all you dumb plow boys! You need to stick to farming! Abraham Lincoln needed to stick to splittin rails!

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Not to mention those dumb farmers George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.


29 posted on 03/30/2014 3:29:29 PM PDT by Bigg Red (1 Pt 1: As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in every aspect of your conduct.)
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To: Bigg Red
A well known anecdote in this regard can be found here, among many places: http://grantian.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html

Refused a room because of his rustic appearance by an innkeeper who subsequently learned of his error and sent an apology by messenger, Jefferson replied:

“Tell the innkeeper that I value his good intentions highly, but if he has no room for a dirty farmer, he shall have none for the Vice-President of the United States.”

38 posted on 03/30/2014 4:56:57 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch!)
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