A quote from Abraham Lincoln

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I found this quote from Abraham Lincoln in a book on alcoholism:

"In my judgment such of us who have never fallen victims [to alcoholism] have been spared more by the absence of appetite than from any mental or moral superiority over those who have. Indeed, I believe if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their head and the hearts will bear an advantageous comparison with those of any class." Abraham Lincoln 1809 - 1865