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10-12-2020, 04:44 AM
Post: #3721
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Thurlow Weed?
“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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10-12-2020, 05:46 AM
Post: #3722
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Nope, not Thurlow Weed.
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10-12-2020, 06:50 AM
Post: #3723
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
I am going to guess Henry Ford. Writing does not read like mid-1800s to me.
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10-12-2020, 07:12 AM
Post: #3724
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Was the quote taken from John D. Rockefeller?
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10-12-2020, 07:23 AM
Post: #3725
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Nope, it's not Ford or Rockefeller.
Hint #2: I think the name will be familiar to all forum members. |
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10-12-2020, 07:48 AM
Post: #3726
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Leo Tolstoy?
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10-12-2020, 08:44 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-12-2020 08:44 AM by Rob Wick.)
Post: #3727
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Is it Henry J. Raymond?
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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10-12-2020, 08:50 AM
Post: #3728
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Nope, it's not Tolstoy or Raymond.
Hint #3: The person has been mentioned several times on this forum. Hint #4: The person is male. |
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10-12-2020, 09:26 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-12-2020 09:27 AM by Rob Wick.)
Post: #3729
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Reading the quote it strikes me as something written by someone who wrote for a living. My first thought was Whitman, but you said it wasn't him, so I thought maybe Raymond. How about George Townsend?
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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10-12-2020, 09:53 AM
Post: #3730
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Nope, not Gath.
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10-12-2020, 10:51 AM
Post: #3731
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Well I'm stumped then. Roger, was he a contemporary of Lincoln or did he live after him?
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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10-12-2020, 11:39 AM
Post: #3732
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Rob, he was a contemporary of Lincoln.
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10-12-2020, 12:51 PM
Post: #3733
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Was he a man of the cloth? clergyman? (I couldn't think of the word for a minute there!)
“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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10-12-2020, 01:08 PM
Post: #3734
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Nope, not a clergyman.
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10-12-2020, 01:37 PM
Post: #3735
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
Someone who was well-known in his profession, not a clergyman, was a contemporary of Lincoln and has made many appearances here on the forum. Well, if my theory of it being a writer is correct, the only other person I can think of is Horace Greeley, but that sure doesn't sound like anything Greeley would have said about Lincoln, but that will be my guess.
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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