In this fascinating compendium are the best, funniest and most profound sayings of this most quotable of Chief Executives. From his youth in pioneer Illinois to the embattled White House of the Civil War, Lincoln never lost his capacity for dry humor--or his extraordinary gift of eloquence.
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"Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves." Rather than the dour soul he sometimes appeared to be, Abraham Lincoln enjoyed a fine, often barbed sense of humor as this lively collection of his salty stories, anecdotes, quotes and speech excerpts proves. Also included in this treasury are his famous addresses, a Lincoln time-line, and sections on Lincoln Lore, Gettysburg Gems and Assassination Secrets.
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Lincoln said:,
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Abraham Lincoln showed a talent for sensing the future in the course of economic policy way back in 1863. Lincoln said then: "The money power preys upon the nation in times of peace and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy.""I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. Corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed," Lincoln said.
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Great Stories,
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Humes book has a lot to offer Lincoln fans: a great many stories and anecdotes that shed a light on the many-facted, unique, and charming personality of our sixteenth president. I sometimes feel that these little story books do a better job of capturing someone's spirit than some of the big, thick biographies. And, at this price (same as a paperback), you can't go wrong.
Richard Salva--author of Soul Journey from Lincoln to Lindbergh [UNABRIDGED]
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Lincoln is one of our most loved Presidents and with good reason. He is almost always recognised for his morality and honesty. Too often his intellect is overlooked. Reading this work will definitly provide the reader with a good idea of just how bright he was. I read this work straight through but it would also be a great "subway read". Each of the stories are short too the point and usually very funny.
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"No other human occupation opens so wide a field for the profitable and agreeable combination of labor with cultivated thought, as agriculture," Abraham Lincoln declared in a speech before the Wiscosin Agricultural Society on September 30, 1859. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
President Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, White House, Inaugural Address, New York, United States, New Salem, Annual Message, Emancipation Proclamation, General George, Declaration of Independence, Secretary of War Edwin, Abe Lincoln, Mary Todd, General Grant, General Robert, Daniel Webster, Horatio Alger, House of Representatives, Black Hawk Indian War, Ford's Theater, General Ulysses, John Wilkes Booth, Mark Twain, Robert Todd Lincoln New!
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"No other human occupation opens so wide a field for the profitable and agreeable combination of labor with cultivated thought, as agriculture," Abraham Lincoln declared in a speech before the Wiscosin Agricultural Society on September 30, 1859. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
President Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, White House, Inaugural Address, New York, United States, New Salem, Annual Message, Emancipation Proclamation, General George, Declaration of Independence, Secretary of War Edwin, Abe Lincoln, Mary Todd, General Grant, General Robert, Daniel Webster, Horatio Alger, House of Representatives, Black Hawk Indian War, Ford's Theater, General Ulysses, John Wilkes Booth, Mark Twain, Robert Todd Lincoln New!
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- A Treasury of American Folklore by B.A. Botkin on page 100, and Back Matter
- Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years by Carl Sandburg on page 99, and Back Matter
- Abraham Lincoln (The Great Americans Series) by Jean F. Blashfield on page 69, and page 147
- Abraham Lincoln: From His Own Words and Contemporary Accounts by Edgar Appleman in Back Matter
- The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain by Alex Ayres in Front Matter
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- Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents by Cormac O'Brien in Back Matter
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