I could not sleep when I got on such a hunt for an idea until I had caught it;...This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck by me; for I am never easy now, when I am handling a thought, till I have bounded it north, and bounded it south, and bounded it east, and bounded it west.


Selections from the Writings of Abraham Lincoln (ed. 1922)

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

I could not sleep when I got on such a hunt for an idea until I had caught it;...This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck by me; for I am ...

I could not sleep when I got on such a hunt for an idea until I had caught it;...This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck by me; for I am ...

I could not sleep when I got on such a hunt for an idea until I had caught it;...This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck by me; for I am ...

I could not sleep when I got on such a hunt for an idea until I had caught it;...This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck by me; for I am ...