A small green seedling grows through cracked stone pavement beneath a pale sunrise.

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Abraham Lincoln

I have in irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker wants to live long enough to know that their life has made the world a little better. The wish expresses a desire to contribute rather than certainty about its achievement.

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