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11-29-2023, 04:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-29-2023 05:28 AM by AussieMick.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
He failed to achieve what he wanted ... to break America's attachment to the Washingtonian principle of neutrality and nonintervention.
He was a "champion of liberty," but declined to be dragged into the slavery controversy. During his visit to the USA there was a type of trousers named after him, a hat, a beard. And even oysters. “The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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11-29-2023, 05:38 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-29-2023 06:36 AM by AussieMick.)
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He came from a European country that was fighting for its freedom.
104 years after his USA visit, his country again fought for its independence and freedom. There's a connection here to Melbourne, "Blood in the Water" . “The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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11-29-2023, 06:39 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
His country's connection ("Blood in the water") to Melbourne? 67 years ago.
“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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11-29-2023, 08:08 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Does it have to do with Giuseppe Garibaldi?
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11-29-2023, 08:16 AM
Post: #4355
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Kossuth?
Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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11-29-2023, 02:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-29-2023 02:57 PM by AussieMick.)
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Not Garibaldi, Roger .... Rob got it. Well done.
Kossuth it was indeed. My last clue referred to the 1956 Olympics where Russia and Hungary had a very vigorous water polo match. https://www.justsecurity.org/41243/linco...ica-first/ https://journals.psu.edu/wph/article/dow.../7588/7658 https://classicsofstrategy.com/2008/12/1...n-freedom/ https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=goo...d=73168ee1 “The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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12-06-2023, 04:31 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
No googling please.
Can you tell a man's profession by looking at his face? This man was a resident of Springfield during the years the Lincolns lived there. What was his profession? ![[Image: gentleman725.jpg]](http://rogerjnorton.com/gentleman725.jpg)
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12-06-2023, 07:10 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Not by just looking at his face, but his entire head, I would guess he's a Phrenologist
https://theconversation.com/how-photogra...dent-33608 (Article by Joanna Cowen) So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in? |
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12-06-2023, 07:50 AM
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Nope, not a phrenologist.
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12-06-2023, 08:26 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
With the beard he beard a striking resemblance to Rollo Diller, so I will guess pharmacist.
Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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12-06-2023, 10:26 AM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Nope, not a pharmacist.
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12-06-2023, 12:14 PM
Post: #4362
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
A barber.
"So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history." -- Plutarch |
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12-06-2023, 02:11 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Nope, not a barber.
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12-06-2023, 02:57 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Preacher?
“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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12-06-2023, 04:19 PM
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
That's Ebenezer Norton. He started the first Lincoln Research site shortly after the President's death in 1865.
"There are few subjects that ignite more casual, uninformed bigotry and condescension from elites in this nation more than Dixie - Jonah Goldberg" |
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