Lincoln and Shakespeare

[RJNorton]

There is the following little story of Lincoln and Latin - I do not know the original source or its truthfulness:

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"When arguing a case in court, Abraham Lincoln never used a word which the dullest juryman could not understand. Rarely, if ever, did a Latin term creep into his arguments. A lawyer, quoting a legal maxim one day in court, turned to Lincoln, and said: "That is so, is it not, Mr. Lincoln?"

"If that's Latin," Lincoln replied, "you had better call another witness."