Lincoln, the stuck pig and mirror neurons

[LincolnToddFan]

Juan, the stuck pig story-along with the one of the misplaced baby birds-is one of my favorite Lincoln stories
. He was a fascinating man and there is no way to get around it.

Here is how Michael Kauffman sizes him up in his classic American Brutus......."That people could see Lincoln in such wildly varying ways is perhaps the key to our fascination with him. Everything about him blended one characteristic with it's polar opposite....The president's politics and personal traits were no less mixed: he liberated millions, but was reviled as an oppressor; he was a gentle, fun loving man with a brutal approach to war"//quote, PG#143 (paperback)