Extra Credit Questions

[David Lockmiller]

Obviously, if there had not been the marriage of Sarah Bush Johnston to Thomas Lincoln, there would never have been a President Abraham Lincoln.

And, where would the world have been now?

And, Doris Kearns Goodwin added this important observation: "Lincoln’s early intimacy with tragic loss reinforced a melancholy temperament. Yet his familiarity with pain and personal disappointment imbued him with a strength and understanding of human frailty. Moreover, Lincoln possessed a life-affirming humor and profound resilience that lightened his despair and fortified his will."