Lincoln and Ann Rutledge

[Lewis Gannett]

Did somebody use the word "prejudice"? Everybody makes generalizations based on personal experience. It's unavoidable: how else do we try to understand the world? But personal experience can also be a limitation. So, in a way, we come full circle on this particular topic. The challenge for historians is to recognize that historical reality isn't necessarily what their experience has predisposed them to see.