Those Who Knew Lincoln Described Him As

A Lot Of Times When People Are On Campaigns, It Can Be Like A Movie Set.

I Now Rely On A Scanner, Which Reproduces The Passages I Want To Cite, And Then I Keep My Own Comments On Those Books In A Separate File So That I Will Never Confuse The Two Again.

(from John Hay's Diary) “the President Never Appeared To Better Advantage In The World,” Hay Proudly Noted In His Diary. “though He Knows How Immense Is The Danger To Himself From The Unreasoning Anger Of That Committee, He Never Cringed To Them For An Instant. He Stood Where He Thought He Was Right And Crushed Them With His Candid Logic.

It Took Me Five Years On Lyndon Johnson, Ten Years On The Kennedys, Six Years On The Roosevelts. Inevitably, You Get Shaped By The People That You're Thinking About During That Period Of Time.

I Shall Always Be Grateful For This Curious Love Of History, Allowing Me To Spend A Lifetime Looking Back Into The Past, Allowing Me To Learn From These Large Figures About The Struggle For Meaning For Life.