Another Lincoln misquote #2

[JJamiekinder]

Eva,
Thank you for welcoming me to the forum and yes I did in fact have a wonderful time at the conference. I also want to extend my gratitude for pointing out the inaccuracy of my attributing the vice/virtue quote to Lincoln. i must admit that I have long thought that to have come from the lips of Lincoln. What a surprise when I went to my very own copy of "Lincoln's Own Yarns and Stories" to check your reference and found that in fact the quote was not from him but to him and the source was under my nose this whole time! This is why correspondence on sites like these can be so beneficial to expanding one's own knowledge of their specific topic.
I agree that Ford's needs to check some of their content for accuracy. Downstairs in their hallway they have a timeline of Lincoln and Booth's movements the day of the assassination. They leave out Lincoln's trip to the war department on the morning of the 14th. Now I will give them a slight pass here because the source attributing his presence at the War Department that day was probably as you know, from David Homer Bates's "Lincoln In The Telegraph Office", and is controversial in some historical circles. This was the source that the famous scoundrel chemist/historian Otto Eisenschiml manipulated to present the misleading theory that Stanton was behind Lincoln's murder. I personally believe that Lincoln was actually there that day as it's well documented that Lincoln went to the War Department everyday to check on the news from the battlefield. I would imagine that the 14th would be no different. William P. Binzel wrote a nice piece concerning this topic for the July 2016 issue of the Surratt Courier. I think its another perfect example of looking at and understanding the validity of sources that seems to be so relevant and important in today's world. I tell my students ( HS History teacher) everyday, that History has no right or wrong answers, just opinions, perspectives and "facts" supported by solid and verified evidence to back it up.
Thanks so much for the correction and I look forward to further exchange of ideas and knowledge of the topic we all love!
James