Extra Credit Questions

[RJNorton]

Have fun shopping, Eva! And if he overcharges you, even if by mistake, make sure he walks all the miles to your residence with the change he owes you.

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Who said that Abraham Lincoln told him the following:

"You know better than any man living that from my boyhood up my ambition was to be President."

[LincolnMan]

Mr. Lamon?

[RJNorton]

Kudos, Bill. Very good. Indeed it was Ward Hill Lamon as quoted in the New York Tribune, July 26, 1885. Lamon said Lincoln told him this during the war.

[LincolnMan]

Thank you sir. I had come across the quote a couple weeks ago and remembered it.

[Eva Elisabeth]

(06-21-2013 12:38 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Have fun shopping, Eva! And if he overcharges you, even if by mistake, make sure he walks all the miles to your residence with the change he owes you.

Well, I hope he's good at rowing then...

[Eva Elisabeth]

Who said about A. Lincoln:
"Why, if the old Greek had had this man, what trilogies of plays - what epics - would have been made out of him!...But Lincoln, his times, his death - great as any, belong to our own."

[Rogerm]

Was it Walt Whitman?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Very good, Roger, you hit the mark! He said this in 1879.

[Gene C]

I ordered something off Amazon called "Whitman Sampler" thinking it would be a collection of Walt Whitman's.
Was I ever surprised. Evidently in his day he was quite a singer, and went by the nickname of "Slim"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUROKcDOvvk

[Joe Di Cola]

(06-22-2013 09:34 AM)Gene C Wrote:  I ordered something off Amazon called "Whitman Sampler" thinking it would be a collection of Walt Whitman's.
Was I ever surprised. Evidently in his day he was quite a singer, and went by the nickname of "Slim"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUROKcDOvvk

And, Gene,

He just died a few days ago at the age of 90.

Joe

[Eva Elisabeth]

(06-22-2013 09:34 AM)Gene C Wrote:  I ordered something off Amazon called "Whitman Sampler" thinking it would be a collection of Walt Whitman's.
Was I ever surprised. Evidently in his day he was quite a singer, and went by the nickname of "Slim"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUROKcDOvvk

Gene, do you know this book? It's very good!

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345458...ttom_links

[Gene C]

Eva,

I haven't read that one. I did read one by the same author called the Lincoln's - Portrait of a Marriage". There were a few things in that book I didn't agree with, but he does have a good writing style thats easy to read.

[RJNorton]

This lady is the wife of a man mentioned frequently on the forum. Her first name was Lida. To whom was she married?

[Rob Wick]

Osborn Oldroyd.

Best
Rob

[RJNorton]

Good job, Rob! You are correct - it is Lida Oldroyd.