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+  - status/incomplete
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 title: Reverend Dr. William Hamilton Bill Alexander
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 # Reverend Dr. William Hamilton Bill Alexander
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 frequently misattributed to Abraham Lincoln.
 
 The earliest citation for a similar quote
-is this second hand account of a 1944 speech by Alexander,
+is this second hand account of a 1944 speech by Alexander:
 
 > [!quote] "Radio Church Ads Poor"[^1]
 > On preparation he urged his hearers to study and prepare themselves,
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 ## Death
 
-lamenting the imminent demolition of the [William Alexander Youth Center](https://okcmod.com/architecture/endangered/william-alexander-youth-center/),
-but the newspaper they cited was paywalled,
+[This article](https://okcmod.com/architecture/endangered/william-alexander-youth-center/)
+lamenting the imminent demolition of the William Alexander Youth Center
+had lots of details, but the newspaper they cited was paywalled,
 so I transcribed [[1960-04-04_durant-daily-democrat|a different one]].
 
 ## Legacy