Trivial Trivia - taking trivia to new levels

[AussieMick]

Well done, Steve!!! I thought that I'd be dragging this out.
And I've just returned to the forum to amend that 'Hint'.
It was according to one person's reminiscences that Lincoln said that about Gurowski. It may have been tongue in cheek ... maybe not.

Ward Hill Lamon recalled Lincoln's musing, according to this "Lincoln's Gadfly" by LeRoy H. Fischer
https://web.archive.org/web/201204251533...ischer.pdf

I found this quite interesting (and addictive if you like reading other people's diaries ... this Adam Gurowski's)
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/29264/292...9264-h.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Gurowski