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RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 10-08-2020
Excellent, David. Indeed it was General William T. Sherman. My source for the quote: Lincoln as I Knew Him: Gossip, Tributes, and Revelations from His Best Friends and Worst Enemies edited by Harold Holzer, p. 157.
Kudos, David.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - David Lockmiller - 10-08-2020
(10-08-2020, 12:14 PM)RJNorton Wrote: Excellent, David. Indeed it was General William T. Sherman. My source for the quote: Lincoln as I Knew Him: Gossip, Tributes, and Revelations from His Best Friends and Worst Enemies edited by Harold Holzer, p. 157.
Kudos, David.
The quotation is from one of my favorite sections in Team of Rivals.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 10-09-2020
No googling, please.
What is the name of the person who noted the following about President Lincoln?
"This man’s appearance, his pedigree, his low coarse jokes and anecdotes, his vulgar similes, his frivolity, are a disgrace to the seat he holds."
RE: Extra Credit Questions - mbgross - 10-09-2020
Salmon Chase?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 10-09-2020
I am sorry, Mike, but it wasn't Chase.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Gene C - 10-09-2020
Just a guess, George McClellan ?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Rob Wick - 10-09-2020
While it sounds like something Stanton might have said, I don't think that's the answer. To me, it smacks of something a southerner would have said. Wild guess, but Jefferson Davis?
Best
Rob
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 10-09-2020
I am sorry, Gene and Rob, but it's not McClellan or Davis.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Rob Wick - 10-09-2020
Sticking with my theory that it's a southerner, how about Mary Chesnut?
Best
Rob
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 10-09-2020
I am sorry, Rob, it was not Mary Chesnut.
RE: The Study of Lincoln... - mbgross - 10-09-2020
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RE: Extra Credit Questions - Dennis Urban - 10-09-2020
I am thinking it's an early quote of Edwin Stanton, before he came to know Lincoln.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Susan Higginbotham - 10-09-2020
Harriet Lane?
RE: Extra Credit Questions - RJNorton - 10-10-2020
I am sorry, Dennis and Susan, but it's not Edwin Stanton or Harriet Lane.
RE: Extra Credit Questions - Wild Bill - 10-10-2020
Charles Sumner