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Abraham Lincoln
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  • Post published:November 12, 2013

When Abraham Lincoln was upset with somebody, he would write a ‘hot letter’, where he would write it all down. He would put it aside until his emotions cooled down and then write ‘never sent, never signed.’

Source: How Abraham Lincoln’s “Hot Letters” Can Keep You From Going All Alice Hoffman @ Huffington Post

image by Alexander Gardner [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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