“The big biography of Lincoln necessarily had to do so much with his political career, his ambitions, his accomplishments in public, with less time to spend on his private life, his inner life, and I thought this might be a way of getting at that.” WayBigsMightPoliticalCareersAmbitionAccomplishmentBiographiesPrivate LifeInner Life Author:David Herbert Donald
“Lincoln had no such person that he could talk with. Often, as a result, he debated with himself, and he would draw up a kind of list of the pros and cons of an argument, and carefully figure them out, and he might test them in public.” KindPersonsMightResultsFiguresDrawsArgumentTestsListsPros And Cons Author:David Herbert Donald
