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11-29-2023, 05:37 AM, (This post was last modified: 11-29-2023, 06:28 AM by AussieMick.)
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RE: Extra Credit Questions
He failed to achieve what he wanted ... to break America's attachment to the Washingtonian principle of neutrality and nonintervention.

He was a "champion of liberty," but declined to be dragged into the slavery controversy.
During his visit to the USA there was a type of trousers named after him, a hat, a beard. And even oysters.
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11-29-2023, 06:38 AM, (This post was last modified: 11-29-2023, 07:36 AM by AussieMick.)
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He came from a European country that was fighting for its freedom.

104 years after his USA visit, his country again fought for its independence and freedom. There's a connection here to Melbourne, "Blood in the Water" .
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11-29-2023, 07:39 AM,
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His country's connection ("Blood in the water") to Melbourne? 67 years ago.
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11-29-2023, 09:08 AM,
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Does it have to do with Giuseppe Garibaldi?
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11-29-2023, 09:16 AM,
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Kossuth?

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11-29-2023, 03:49 PM, (This post was last modified: 11-29-2023, 03:57 PM by AussieMick.)
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Not Garibaldi, Roger .... Rob got it. Well done.
Kossuth it was indeed.
My last clue referred to the 1956 Olympics where Russia and Hungary had a very vigorous water polo match.
https://www.justsecurity.org/41243/linco...ica-first/

https://journals.psu.edu/wph/article/dow.../7588/7658

https://classicsofstrategy.com/2008/12/1...n-freedom/

https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&u=goo...d=73168ee1
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12-06-2023, 05:31 AM,
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No googling please.

Can you tell a man's profession by looking at his face? This man was a resident of Springfield during the years the Lincolns lived there. What was his profession?


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12-06-2023, 08:10 AM,
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Not by just looking at his face, but his entire head, I would guess he's a Phrenologist

https://theconversation.com/how-photogra...dent-33608

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So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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12-06-2023, 08:50 AM,
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Nope, not a phrenologist.
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12-06-2023, 09:26 AM,
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With the beard he beard a striking resemblance to Rollo Diller, so I will guess pharmacist.

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12-06-2023, 11:26 AM,
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Nope, not a pharmacist.
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12-06-2023, 01:14 PM,
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A barber.
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12-06-2023, 03:11 PM,
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Nope, not a barber.
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12-06-2023, 03:57 PM,
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Preacher?
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12-06-2023, 05:19 PM,
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That's Ebenezer Norton. He started the first Lincoln Research site shortly after the President's death in 1865.
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