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RE: Who Said This? - AussieMick - 01-25-2020 08:17 PM
Well done Anita !!!!! I think Homer was having a heart attack and told Bart not to worry because only bad people die ..... Bart says But Lincoln died !?! .... Homer says Yes well .... Lincoln sold poisoned milk to schoolchildren. And Marge smacked him on the head.
RE: Who Said This? - Anita - 01-26-2020 12:21 PM
(01-25-2020 08:17 PM)AussieMick Wrote: Well done Anita !!!!! I think Homer was having a heart attack and told Bart not to worry because only bad people die ..... Bart says But Lincoln died !?! .... Homer says Yes well .... Lincoln sold poisoned milk to schoolchildren. And Marge smacked him on the head.
HA, Now I remember. Good for Marge.
RE: Who Said This? - Gene C - 02-10-2020 07:15 PM
Who called Herndon -" the 'master myth-maker' of all Lincoln literature" ?
RE: Who Said This? - Rob Wick - 02-10-2020 09:09 PM
Just about everyone?
Seriously, my first guess would be David Donald. Second guess would be just about everyone.
Best
Rob
RE: Who Said This? - Gene C - 02-10-2020 09:38 PM
(02-10-2020 09:09 PM)Rob Wick Wrote: Just about everyone?
Seriously, my first guess would be David Donald. Second guess would be just about everyone.
Best
Rob
Excellent guess, that was fast.
However, David Donald is not the person who I quoted.
But your are one person closer with your second guess.
RE: Who Said This? - RJNorton - 02-11-2020 04:54 AM
Jean Baker?
RE: Who Said This? - AussieMick - 02-11-2020 06:28 AM
Robert Lincoln ?
RE: Who Said This? - Eva Elisabeth - 02-11-2020 08:15 AM
(02-11-2020 04:54 AM)RJNorton Wrote: Jean Baker?A female at all? 20th century?
RE: Who Said This? - Steve - 02-11-2020 11:07 AM
Louis A. Warren?
RE: Who Said This? - Gene C - 02-11-2020 12:17 PM
All good guesses, but not quite correct.
It's time for a clue.
Our mystery person never met Lincoln or Herndon, they were no longer alive when our mystery person was born.
RE: Who Said This? - Rob Wick - 02-11-2020 01:02 PM
Paul Angle?
Best
Rob
RE: Who Said This? - wpbinzel - 02-11-2020 01:22 PM
"... it appears that William Henry Herndon, instead of attaining the roll [sic] of another Boswell, has become the master Lincoln mythmaker."
-- Louis A. Warren, "Herndon's Contribution to Lincoln Mythology," Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 41, No. 3, (September 1945), p. 223.
I think Steve is correct.
(Here is the link to the article:
https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/imh/article/view/7548/8810 )
RE: Who Said This? - Gene C - 02-11-2020 01:53 PM
Very good, that wasn't who I was looking for, but you have given proof that Warren wrote that (before my person wrote it)
I will happily acknowledge your answer as the winning one.
Congratulations.
Your prize is a free Cozy Dog (and you don't have to share, you each get your own) at the next Springfield Tour.
However, you must be present to win. And that's not all. You also get a free admission to Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site.
(And that's not something you can win on Wheel of Fortune.)
RE: Who Said This? - Eva Elisabeth - 02-11-2020 05:32 PM
Gene, did I miss whom you were originally looking for? I'd love to know!
RE: Who Said This? - Gene C - 02-11-2020 06:05 PM
You didn't miss it.
It was John J Duff author of A Lincoln Prairie Lawyer
He was a lawyer from New York and as far as I can tell, the only book he wrote. Published in 1960 it is one of the best books on
Lincoln's law career. When I finish reading it, I will post more about it.