Why was Lincoln "great?"

[Rob Wick]

Quote: When I reflected my instant answers to your question I began to wonder what greatness is, where it begins. It’s a word like “friendship”, I would need a closer definition.

That is an excellent point, Eva. In many cases what some might see as greatness can be interpreted as tyrannical to another. I can't give you a concise definition of greatness. I know it when I see it.

Quote:I'm not sure what slant your book is taking, but you just wrote the basis for what could be a very good introduction.

I'm not sure either, Gene. Only when I get all of her papers printed and filed will I go through them again and try to find common themes and only then can I decide what road it's going to take. Thanks.

I truly appreciate all the responses so far.

I just came across a short piece on "He Knew Lincoln" in the Review of Reviews Magazine which I think encapsulates why that book was as important as it was. "The vividness, pathos, and humanity of the impression one gets upon reading this exquisite little thing recalls the remark of the rural visitor at his first theatre performance in London: 'Oh, pshaw!' he exclaimed. 'that isn't play acting; why that's just life itself'."

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Rob