Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln
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“Literature offered a safe circumscribed outlet for sadness.”
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“Lincoln admitted his infirmities to make way for his spring.”
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“Young, healthy communities can afford to roll the dice.”
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“Lincoln learned to summon the passions, but he never addressed his audience as sweethearts.”
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“Lincoln loved other people's jokes as much as his own.”
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“Good politicians know when to move on, sooner or later.”
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“Lincoln was less well-read than many a professor or journalist, but what he read, he read deeply.”
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“He might not take their advice, but he took their temperature.”
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“Aaron Burr was like a new refrigerator. He was bright, cold and empty.”
“Madison lived in his head and public speaking did not come naturally to him.”
“One of the benefits of a bad education is the constant pleasure of discovery.”