Extra Credit Questions

[RJNorton]

No googling please.

Whose words are these in describing Abraham Lincoln?

"Here was an heir of poverty and insignificance, obscure, untaught, buried throughout his childhood in the frontier forests, with no transcendent, dazzling abilities, such as make their way in any country, under any institutions, but emphatically in intellect, as in station, one of the millions of strivers for a rude livelihood, who, though attaching himself stubbornly to the less popular party, and especially so in the State which he has chosen as his home, did nevertheless become a central figure of the Western Hemisphere, and an object of honor, love, and reverence throughout the civilized world."

[AussieMick]

I'll guess Churchill even though honour is not spelt the way that he would have spelt it.

[RJNorton]

Nope, not Churchill. The correct answer was a contemporary of Lincoln.

[RJNorton]

Hint #1: The correct answer is male, and he has been mentioned before on this forum.

[Gene C]

John Hay ?

[RJNorton]

Nope, not Hay. The correct answer did not live in the White House.

[Rob Wick]

It appears to me that the person was a writer, so my wild guess is William Dean Howells.

Best
Rob

[RJNorton]

Excellent thinking, Rob, as he was indeed a writer, but it was not Howells.

[mbgross]

Karl Marx?

[RJNorton]

Nope, not Marx. The correct answer was an American.

[Gene C]

Walt Whitman ?

[RJNorton]

Nope, not Whitman.

[Rob Wick]

This is a toughie. How about Edward Everett?

Best
Rob

[RJNorton]

Nope, not Everett.

Hint #2: Despite the quote in the question the correct person was not always a fan of Lincoln during his presidency.

[Anita]

I guess Horace Greeley because of his writing style. The use of past tense and content sounds like it was written as part of a eulogy. I sense the conflicted relationship he had with Lincoln over many years. Maybe I'm overthinking it!