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Well Byco says it was Lincoln's personal secretary John Hay who should be credited with saying it.

I have also heard it said it was his Secretary of State William Seward, who mentioned it to Napoleon III while in France.

 

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Well Byco says it was Lincoln's personal secretary John Hay who should be credited with saying it.

I have also heard it said it was his Secretary of State William Seward, who mentioned it to Napoleon III while in France.

Right.

And now I'm looking at what I posted, and it's more of a paraphrase of what the attributed quote actually is.

 

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Epiphanies happen.