Anyone who writes anything on any subject is standing on the shoulders of 900 people who've come before you.

There is a great overlap of tragedy that played out through the generations of the Lincolns. That, coupled with the idea that many people consider Lincoln our greatest president ever and the fact that he was also a man assassinated at the age of 56 and had a widow with mental problems is what makes it all so fascinating.

You really do live through someone's life when you hear him six hours a day.

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