Who Said This?
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04-28-2024, 06:09 PM
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RE: Who Said This?
Rob , well done ... very well done. More info to come, but my opinion of him ... not a nice man. A hero to some but a racist even for those years.
Irish patriot who escaped from Australia after being transported there, went to New York and caused outrage thru supporting slavery and criticism of clergy. “The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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04-28-2024, 06:15 PM
Post: #497
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RE: Who Said This?
Good question Michael. That was a tough one!
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04-28-2024, 06:35 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-28-2024 06:40 PM by AussieMick.)
Post: #498
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RE: Who Said This?
It was indeed a tricky question ... good googling by Rob
I was going to follow the first quote with this he said Lincoln was 'an ignoramus and a boor' and ' not an apostle at all; no grand reformer; not so much as an abolitionist, except by accident' https://www.historyireland.com/southern-...d-slavery/ (goes on a bit ... suggest scrolling if you bother to access it) He undoubtedly held strong views, some of which most of us would consider abhorrent. He had though suffered in Ireland and no doubt in Australia. "In his last year, 1875, and while still resident in the United States, Mitchel was elected twice to the British Parliament from Tipperary on a platform of Irish Home Rule, tenant rights and free education." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mitchel “The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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06-04-2024, 07:18 PM
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RE: Who Said This?
No googling please.
Who said this about Mary Lincoln? "I never in my life saw a more peculiarly constituted woman. Search the world over, and you will not find her counterpart." |
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06-04-2024, 07:45 PM
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RE: Who Said This?
Well, it would have to be someone who had some connection to her or saw her on a regular basis. Could it be Benjamin French?
Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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06-05-2024, 05:08 AM
Post: #501
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RE: Who Said This?
I am sorry, Rob, but it was not French.
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06-05-2024, 06:53 AM
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RE: Who Said This?
William Herndon ?
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in? |
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06-05-2024, 07:18 AM
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RE: Who Said This?
I am sorry, Gene, but it was not Herndon.
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06-05-2024, 07:59 AM
Post: #504
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RE: Who Said This?
General George McClellan?
“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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06-05-2024, 09:56 AM
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RE: Who Said This?
Nope, Michael, it wasn't McClellan.
Hint #1: The correct answer is female. |
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06-05-2024, 10:29 AM
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RE: Who Said This?
Elizabeth Keckley?
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06-05-2024, 11:26 AM
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RE: Who Said This?
Right on, Steve. Indeed it was Elizabeth Keckly.
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