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I don’t know who my grandfather was. I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
— Abraham Lincoln
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker says knowing their grandfather’s identity matters less than discovering what his grandson will become. That grandson is the speaker, so the contrast turns from ancestry to personal possibility. The remark values a future one can shape over prestige or certainty inherited from the past.
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