evidence: Lincoln never said that, according to three top Lincoln scholars. [...] A spokesman for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, which operates under the governor’s control, conceded there is no concrete evidence Lincoln ever uttered those words. "The quote about creating the future has been attributed to Lincoln for decades, and while there is no hard proof he ever said it, the sentiment certainly matches other things President Lincoln is documented to have said," said library and museum spokesman Chris Wills. "Examples include, ‘If we never try, we shall never succeed’ or ‘You cannot fail, if you resolutely determine that you will not.’"