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In San Francisco, Virus is Contained but Schools Are Still Closed
11-13-2020, 09:00 AM
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RE: In San Francisco, Virus is Contained but Schools Are Still Closed
I tried to find the source of the Lincoln story told to Bishop Whipple that ended up with the president’s observation and conclusion: “It needs more than one honest man to watch one Indian agent.” I was unsuccessful in this endeavor.

However, I did find the following related statement made by President Lincoln to Congress:

In his 1862 annual message, even as Lincoln struggled with the issue of the executions, he asked Congress to reform the Indian system. “Many wise and good men have impressed me with the belief that this can be profitably done,” he said. Lincoln urged the Congress to give the matter its “especial consideration.”

(Source: Lincoln Looks West: From the Mississippi to the Pacific, by Richard Etulain, 2010, at page 222.)

"So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history." -- Plutarch
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RE: In San Francisco, Virus is Contained but Schools Are Still Closed - David Lockmiller - 11-13-2020 09:00 AM

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