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02-11-2020, 07:07 PM
Post: #241
RE: Who Said This?
Thanks, Gene! (I'm looking forward to your review!)
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12-09-2020, 05:13 PM
Post: #242
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No googling please.

Who said this?

"Lincoln had the tenderest heart for any one in distress, whether man, beast, or bird."
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12-09-2020, 06:14 PM
Post: #243
RE: Who Said This?
Hi, Roger!

Was it Noah Brooks?

Bob
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12-09-2020, 08:07 PM
Post: #244
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John Hay?
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12-09-2020, 08:23 PM
Post: #245
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Walt Whitman
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12-09-2020, 08:52 PM (This post was last modified: 12-09-2020 08:56 PM by AussieMick.)
Post: #246
RE: Who Said This?
Someone from Springfield years who was a friend / relative?

“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor,
Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns
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12-09-2020, 09:33 PM
Post: #247
RE: Who Said This?
Herndon ?

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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12-10-2020, 03:53 AM
Post: #248
RE: Who Said This?
His stepmother Sarah?

“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor,
Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns
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12-10-2020, 05:48 AM
Post: #249
RE: Who Said This?
Bob, Eva, Dennis, Michael, and Gene: Your guesses are all excellent but not correct.

The closest guesses are Michael's first one and Gene's.
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12-10-2020, 12:18 PM
Post: #250
RE: Who Said This?
Joshua Speed was a close friend of Lincoln. Was it Speed?

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12-10-2020, 01:17 PM
Post: #251
RE: Who Said This?
John T. Stuart?
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12-10-2020, 01:41 PM
Post: #252
RE: Who Said This?
Logical guess, Susan, but Bob got it. Kudos, Bob!

The quote comes from a lecture Speed delivered which was published in 1884.

Speed told the following story to explain why he included "bird" in his statement about Lincoln's tender heart:

"Six gentlemen, I being one, Lincoln, Baker, Hardin, and others were riding along a country road. We were strung along the road two and two together. We were passing through a thicket of wild plum and crab-apple trees. A violent windstorm had just occurred. Lincoln and Hardin were behind. There were two young birds by the roadside too young to fly…. The old bird was fluttering about and wailing as a mother ever does for her babes. Lincoln stopped, hitched his horse, caught the birds, hunted the nest and placed them in it. The rest of us rode on to a creek, and while our horses were drinking Hardin rode up. “Where is Lincoln?” said one. “Oh, when I saw him last he had two little birds in his hand hunting for their nest.” In perhaps an hour he came. They laughed at him. He said with much emphasis, “Gentlemen, you may laugh, but I could not have slept well tonight if I had not saved those birds. Their cries would have rung in my ears."
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12-10-2020, 06:17 PM
Post: #253
RE: Who Said This?
Thanks, Roger!

I saw the response that mentioned Springfield and thought of Lincoln’s close friends there and in the early years and Speed came to mind.

Lucky guess!

By the way, neat story that you shared with us. I remember seeing it somewhere before, but it was a very long time ago. I had forgotten all about it. Getting old and forgetful, I guess. Thanks for sharing.

Bob
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12-10-2020, 06:30 PM
Post: #254
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(12-10-2020 06:17 PM)RobertLC Wrote:  Getting old and forgetful, I guess.

I prefer to look at it this way.
My mind just likes to take the scenic route when retrieving information. It takes a little longer, but the scenery is more fun.

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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12-10-2020, 08:23 PM
Post: #255
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Thanks, Gene!

I like that perspective.

Bob
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