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01-31-2020, 12:20 PM,
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RE: Who is this?
Roger,
No he wasn't.

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01-31-2020, 05:30 PM,
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RE: Who is this?
James Conkling?
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01-31-2020, 06:09 PM,
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RE: Who is this?
William Butler?
“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor,
Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns
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01-31-2020, 07:58 PM,
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RE: Who is this?
Sorry gentleman, neither is correct.

Next clue: He was instrumental in Lincoln's political development.

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Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
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01-31-2020, 08:18 PM, (This post was last modified: 01-31-2020, 08:19 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: Who is this?
Joshua Speed?
(01-31-2020, 06:09 PM)AussieMick Wrote: William Butler?
Mike - very cool avatar. Looks a bit like the Simpson's nuclear power plant director...
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02-01-2020, 12:12 PM,
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RE: Who is this?
Sorry Eva, but it isn't Speed.

Think earlier in Lincoln's life.

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Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
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02-01-2020, 04:09 PM,
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RE: Who is this?
Cassius Marcellus Clay?
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02-01-2020, 06:41 PM,
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RE: Who is this?
It's not Clay, Roger.

When Lincoln knew him, this gentleman was six years older.

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02-02-2020, 02:12 AM,
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RE: Who is this?
William Jones?
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02-02-2020, 08:41 AM,
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RE: Who is this?
Jones is a good guess, but it isn't him.

This person has a school named after him.

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Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
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--Carl Sandburg
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02-02-2020, 10:09 AM,
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RE: Who is this?
Carl Schurz?
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02-02-2020, 10:19 AM, (This post was last modified: 02-02-2020, 10:20 AM by Rob Wick.)
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RE: Who is this?
Sorry, Roger, but it isn't Schurz.

Think local, not national.

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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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02-02-2020, 01:06 PM,
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RE: Who is this?
The next clue: This person loaned something to Lincoln which made a major difference in his life.

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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

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--Carl Sandburg
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02-02-2020, 02:56 PM,
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John T. Stuart?
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02-02-2020, 03:00 PM,
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RE: Who is this?
Nope. It's not Stuart.

Final clue: Lincoln knew this man in Spencer County.

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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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