Lincoln as secular saint

[RJNorton]

I've enjoyed reading all these posts! Great to be back.
I don't think Lincoln would have approved of the descriptions applied to him like "saint" or "great" anything. What did he say about himself in his very short autobiographical statement?

Very true, Bill. His first one was very brief:

Born, February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky.
Education defective.
Profession, a lawyer.
Have been a captain of volunteers in Black Hawk war.
Postmaster at a very small office.
Four times a member of the Illinois legislature, and was a member of the lower house of Congress.