"The hen is the wisest of all the animal creation, because she never cackles until after the egg is laid."

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Abraham Lincoln, warning Hooker not to be overconfident about his ability to defeat Lee. He would be proven right, as Hooker's army was soundly defeated at the Battle of Chancellorsville.