Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher
Posted on 05/22/2018 4:45:50 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
God wasn’t with Ramses II. But he was certainly with Abraham and Moses.
I thought the strained expression came from Lincoln's attempt to restrain his mirth at wearing a jacket with sleeves that ended at his elbows.
That's what I thought as well, from the story.
Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher
I just saw on a local cable access channel D.W. Griffth’s 1930 film ‘Abraham Lincoln.’ Very interesting early talking movie starring Walter Huston. Friendly to Lincoln, although we think of Griffith as a Confederate. It is available online, apparently public domain.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln_(1930_film)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020620/
May 28. Yesterday dined here his honor Judge Murray Hoffman, Bidwell, G.F. Allen, Professor Guyot of Princeton,* and Mr. Ruggles. Guyot talks like a man of learning and original thought; rather disposed, perhaps, to strain his analogies too far, to stretch his grand generalizations on the universe till they become mere all-pervading floods of moonshine. He’s our possible post-graduate lecturer on geology, and I don’t know that we can do better than take him.
*Arnold Henry Guyot (1807-1884), the Swiss-born geographer, had been invited to America by Agassiz, and in 1854 had accepted the chair of physical geography and geology at Princeton – where he is commemorated by Guyot Hall.
The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas
All these people were summering in the Berkshires?
Vacation is set for July 9-14. The trip last week was just to scout a location and make arrangements.
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