Food for thought! Abraham Lincoln Today

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Questions like Matt's are not designed to find conclusive answers. They are designed to make people THINK and apply historical principles to modern-day life. If that's not the purpose of studying history, then I certainly failed as a teacher.

And you CAN compare apples and oranges: The one thing they both have in common are the inner seeds which, when sowed properly, generate new and improved varieties. The same goes for an educated populace.