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10-08-2020, 12:14 PM,
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Excellent, David. Indeed it was General William T. Sherman. My source for the quote: Lincoln as I Knew Him: Gossip, Tributes, and Revelations from His Best Friends and Worst Enemies edited by Harold Holzer, p. 157.

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10-08-2020, 12:27 PM,
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(10-08-2020, 12:14 PM)RJNorton Wrote: Excellent, David. Indeed it was General William T. Sherman. My source for the quote: Lincoln as I Knew Him: Gossip, Tributes, and Revelations from His Best Friends and Worst Enemies edited by Harold Holzer, p. 157.

Kudos, David.

The quotation is from one of my favorite sections in Team of Rivals.
"So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history." -- Plutarch
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10-09-2020, 07:41 AM,
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
No googling, please.

What is the name of the person who noted the following about President Lincoln?

"This man’s appearance, his pedigree, his low coarse jokes and anecdotes, his vulgar similes, his frivolity, are a disgrace to the seat he holds."
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10-09-2020, 08:08 AM,
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Salmon Chase?
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10-09-2020, 09:34 AM,
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I am sorry, Mike, but it wasn't Chase.
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10-09-2020, 11:46 AM,
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Just a guess, George McClellan ?
So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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10-09-2020, 11:46 AM,
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While it sounds like something Stanton might have said, I don't think that's the answer. To me, it smacks of something a southerner would have said. Wild guess, but Jefferson Davis?

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10-09-2020, 12:14 PM,
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I am sorry, Gene and Rob, but it's not McClellan or Davis.
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10-09-2020, 01:38 PM,
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Sticking with my theory that it's a southerner, how about Mary Chesnut?

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10-09-2020, 01:57 PM,
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I am sorry, Rob, it was not Mary Chesnut.
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10-09-2020, 02:23 PM,
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10-09-2020, 04:37 PM,
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I am thinking it's an early quote of Edwin Stanton, before he came to know Lincoln.
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10-09-2020, 11:37 PM,
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Harriet Lane?
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10-10-2020, 04:50 AM,
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I am sorry, Dennis and Susan, but it's not Edwin Stanton or Harriet Lane.
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10-10-2020, 05:38 AM,
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Charles Sumner
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