Lincoln's Christianity by Michael Burkhimer

[RJNorton]

I wonder if he read Darwin's "Origin of Species"" (published in 1859).

If Lincoln ever looked at Darwin's On the Origin of Species, my guess is that Lincoln would have just skimmed it and found not much of interest to him.

I do not know for certain, but I doubt it. I checked The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, and Lincoln never (even once) mentioned Darwin in any speech, letter, etc. I also looked through my quote books and drew a total blank regarding Darwin or related topics. The two men never communicated with each other as far as I can tell.