Abraham Lincoln, born February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky:
Perhaps a man's character was like a tree, and his reputation like its shadow; the shadow is what we think of it, the tree is the real thing.If A. Lincoln were a tree, what kind of a tree would he be?
If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what's said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.More at The Abraham Lincoln Research Site.