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Life of Lincoln
09-30-2013, 10:47 AM
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Life of Lincoln
How many of you remember Bishop Sheen? He was a most unlikely star of early television, giving a half hour religious talk every Sunday evening.
He gave a talk on the life of Abraham Lincoln in 1954.
You can access it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUdQFf0Ybm0
He does tend to present stories about Lincoln that do not stand up to modern research. Still, it is interesting.
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09-30-2013, 11:20 AM
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I liked that, thanks for posting.

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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09-30-2013, 12:49 PM
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(09-30-2013 10:47 AM)Kieran McAuliffe Wrote:  How many of you remember Bishop Sheen? He was a most unlikely star of early television, giving a half hour religious talk every Sunday evening.
He gave a talk on the life of Abraham Lincoln in 1954.
You can access it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUdQFf0Ybm0
He does tend to present stories about Lincoln that do not stand up to modern research. Still, it is interesting.

Many thanks for posting this, Kieran. Like Gene, I enjoyed it.

Regarding stories that may not stand up - I have read in many books that Lincoln went to Congress to defend Mary against the charge of being a spy. I can certainly understand why Bishop Sheen would include this. I think the story goes that the president appeared before the Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War. However, I think many historians feel Lincoln never really appeared before the committee.
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10-01-2013, 06:57 AM
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I have also heard that the incident never happened. Perhaps Sheen had read Sandburg's account of it in his Lincoln work.

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10-01-2013, 08:37 AM
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(10-01-2013 06:57 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  I have also heard that the incident never happened. Perhaps Sheen had read Sandburg's account of it in his Lincoln work.

That is what I was thinking. In 1954 Sandburg’s Lincoln would have been the popular biography.
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10-01-2013, 10:24 AM
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It was!

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10-01-2013, 10:41 AM (This post was last modified: 10-01-2013 10:41 AM by Gene C.)
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Did Lincoln really meet with the Committee on the Conduct of the War regarding Mary?

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10-01-2013, 01:02 PM
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(10-01-2013 10:41 AM)Gene C Wrote:  Did Lincoln really meet with the Committee on the Conduct of the War regarding Mary?

Like many highly-respected historians Ed Steers argues that it never happened. Ed writes about the topic in Lincoln Legends: Myths, Hoaxes, and Confabulations Associated with Our Greatest President here. Ed's conclusion: "Lincoln never appeared before the committee."
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10-01-2013, 04:50 PM
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Perhaps he sent a representative in his stead??
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10-01-2013, 05:24 PM
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If it happened the way I've read about it, if I was on that committee, I sure wouldn't want any record of the meeting.

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10-14-2013, 08:12 PM
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Those early broadcasts of Fulton Sheen can be seen on EWTN. Thanks for posting this!

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