Things Lincoln never said

[RJNorton]

Bill, I once talked to Dr. Tom Schwartz about quote verification, and it was Tom's opinion that the Fehrenbachers' book, Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln, is the second best resource after The Collected Works. I could not find the quote you asked about in either source.

Dr. Schwartz used to be the Illinois State Historian. Now he is the director of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum in West Branch, Iowa.