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Abraham Lincoln Quotes: When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away it is best to let him run.
         

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away it is best to let him run.


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When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away it is best to let him run.
         



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