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08-03-2014, 02:01 PM
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RE: Something New
This description mentions hands and teeth and much, much more. I think it's one of the more unique descriptions of Lincoln. Written in 1861, the author was an English journalist named Edward Dicey.

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"To say he is ugly is nothing; to add that his figure is grotesque is to convey no adequate impression. Fancy a man well over six feet high, and thin in proportion, with long bony arms and legs which somehow always seem to be in the way; with great rugged furrowed hands, which grasp you like a vise when shaking yours; with a long, scraggly neck, and a chest too narrow for the great arms at his side. Add to this figure a head, cocoanut shaped and somewhat too small for such a stature, covered with rough, uncombed hair that stands out in every direction at once; a face furrowed, wrinkled, and indented as though it had been scarred by vitriol; a high, narrow forehead, sunk beneath bushy eyebrows; two bright, somewhat dreamy eyes that seem to gaze through you without looking at you; .... a close- set, thin-lipped stern mouth, with two rows of large white teeth, and a nose and ears which have been taken by mistake from a head twice the size. Clothe this figure, then, in a long, tight, badly-fitting suit of black. . . . Add to all this an air of strength, physical as well as moral, and a strange look of dignity . . . and you have the impression left on me by Abraham Lincoln."
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Something New - PaigeBooth - 06-27-2014, 09:10 PM
RE: Something New - RJNorton - 06-28-2014, 05:14 AM
RE: Something New - L Verge - 06-28-2014, 01:18 PM
RE: Something New - Eva Elisabeth - 06-28-2014, 08:53 PM
RE: Something New - PaigeBooth - 06-29-2014, 10:02 PM
RE: Something New - L Verge - 07-03-2014, 09:32 AM
RE: Something New - PaigeBooth - 07-04-2014, 11:44 AM
RE: Something New - L Verge - 07-04-2014, 12:11 PM
RE: Something New - Wild Bill - 07-04-2014, 04:24 PM
RE: Something New - Linda Anderson - 07-04-2014, 04:37 PM
RE: Something New - BettyO - 07-04-2014, 04:48 PM
RE: Something New - L Verge - 07-04-2014, 08:16 PM
RE: Something New - L Verge - 07-19-2014, 07:17 PM
RE: Something New - bob_summers - 07-20-2014, 08:26 AM
RE: Something New - L Verge - 07-20-2014, 10:29 AM
RE: Something New - BettyO - 07-19-2014, 07:32 PM
RE: Something New - BettyO - 07-20-2014, 10:02 AM
RE: Something New - Linda Anderson - 07-20-2014, 10:32 AM
RE: Something New - BettyO - 07-20-2014, 10:33 AM
RE: Something New - L Verge - 07-21-2014, 08:42 PM
RE: Something New - Eva Elisabeth - 07-21-2014, 09:55 PM
RE: Something New - RJNorton - 07-22-2014, 08:04 AM
RE: Something New - Eva Elisabeth - 03-29-2015, 06:35 PM
RE: Something New - LincolnToddFan - 07-22-2014, 01:19 AM
RE: Something New - L Verge - 07-24-2014, 08:26 PM
RE: Something New - LincolnToddFan - 07-24-2014, 09:55 PM
RE: Something New - Eva Elisabeth - 07-25-2014, 05:53 AM
RE: Something New - RJNorton - 07-25-2014, 05:58 AM
RE: Something New - LincolnToddFan - 07-25-2014, 12:06 PM
RE: Something New - Eva Elisabeth - 07-25-2014, 06:12 PM
RE: Something New - L Verge - 07-25-2014, 10:42 PM
RE: Something New - Eva Elisabeth - 08-03-2014, 09:12 AM
RE: Something New - L Verge - 08-03-2014, 12:40 PM
RE: Something New - Eva Elisabeth - 07-26-2014, 05:30 AM
RE: Something New - L Verge - 07-26-2014, 12:11 PM
RE: Something New - BettyO - 07-26-2014, 02:50 PM
RE: Something New - Gene C - 07-26-2014, 06:56 PM
RE: Something New - Eva Elisabeth - 07-26-2014, 07:06 PM
RE: Something New - RJNorton - 07-27-2014, 09:26 AM
RE: Something New - Susan Higginbotham - 07-27-2014, 02:26 PM
RE: Something New - Eva Elisabeth - 07-27-2014, 08:47 AM
RE: Something New - RJNorton - 07-27-2014, 02:40 PM
RE: Something New - Eva Elisabeth - 07-27-2014, 04:40 PM
RE: Something New - RJNorton - 07-27-2014, 04:56 PM
RE: Something New - STS Lincolnite - 07-27-2014, 09:48 PM
RE: Something New - RJNorton - 07-28-2014, 04:52 AM
RE: Something New - PaigeBooth - 07-28-2014, 10:41 AM
RE: Something New - LincolnToddFan - 07-29-2014, 03:36 AM
RE: Something New - LincolnToddFan - 08-03-2014, 12:03 PM
RE: Something New - RJNorton - 08-03-2014, 12:19 PM
RE: Something New - LincolnToddFan - 08-03-2014, 01:06 PM
RE: Something New - RJNorton - 08-03-2014 02:01 PM
RE: Something New - Eva Elisabeth - 08-03-2014, 02:07 PM
RE: Something New - Linda Anderson - 08-03-2014, 04:43 PM
RE: Something New - LincolnToddFan - 08-03-2014, 03:14 PM
RE: Something New - LincolnToddFan - 08-03-2014, 05:25 PM
RE: Something New - Eva Elisabeth - 08-04-2014, 10:34 AM
RE: Something New - Linda Anderson - 08-04-2014, 12:05 PM
RE: Something New - RJNorton - 08-04-2014, 04:23 PM
RE: Something New - RJNorton - 08-04-2014, 10:50 AM
RE: Something New - LincolnToddFan - 08-04-2014, 04:02 PM
RE: Something New - L Verge - 05-09-2015, 10:12 AM

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