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The uniqueness of Lincoln's beard
12-20-2015, 08:18 AM (This post was last modified: 12-20-2015 08:19 AM by Eva Elisabeth.)
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RE: The uniqueness of Lincoln's beard
(12-20-2015 07:56 AM)HerbS Wrote:  His beard is ok with me!
While I prefer beardlessness, too (for most men, including Lincoln), I agree. It's ok with me. Also we don't know what look the toll of war would have made out of his shaved face. And he would have looked worse with a moustache IMO. And I like the photo Roger posted.
I think in that era a beard symbolized also some riper/wiser age and dignity and was proper for office holders and scientists of a certain age?
Did Mary ever comment (- I can't recall)?
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