What did Lincoln read?

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I admire the Lincoln writings of Douglas Wilson. In the following, lengthy discussion of Jefferson, he makes sense of what Betty and I continue to preach: Judge history and its men by the times in which they lived - not by the standards of today. Please try to read it in its entirety.

http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/iss...aractr.htm

P.S., Gene, my question of what did Lincoln read concerning the private liaisons of Jefferson was part of the thread on what did Lincoln read... I want to know what he read that would make him judge Jefferson. And, you are probably right - we'll never know because there wasn't much to read about it during his life.