Lincoln was certainly a master politician and thus he never forgot the political angle to any particular problem he encountered. Having said that, there's no reason to believe he couldn't be both political and altruistic. I suggest you read a very fine volume, "Lincoln's Virtues", on the development of Lincoln's moral code and viewpoint prior to the Civil War.
"I suggest you read a very fine volume, "Lincoln's Virtues", on the development of Lincoln's moral code and viewpoint prior to the Civil War."
I will do that, thank you. I really don't want to lose site of the Lincoln I grew up knowing.
The way things are in education, I just don't know where to cut the wheat from the chaff. I was in college before I found out the whole cherry tree thing with Washington was just 'propaganda.' LOL.