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I am not bound to win but I am bound to be true - I am not bound to succeed but I am bound to live up to what light I have - I must stand with anybody that stands right: stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong. - Abraham Lincoln

I am not bound to win but I am bound to be true -
I am not bound to succeed but I am bound to live up to what light I have -
I must stand with anybody that stands right:
stand with him while he is right
and part with him when he goes wrong.
- Abraham Lincoln

(American, 1903–1910)
Medium/TechniqueChromolithograph and metallic pigment on card stock.
DimensionsVertical: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit LineLeonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession number2014.9456
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ClassificationsPostcards
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2011, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in the United States, Canada and Europe; 2014, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 29, 2014)