A quotation from Lincoln

In this and like communities, public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed. Consequently, he who moulds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions. He makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to be executed.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1858-08-21), Lincoln-Douglas Debate No. 1, Ottawa, Illinois

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/4895…

Chris Hedges: Restoring Lies to US History
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/05/chris-hedges-restoring-lies-to-us-history/
Lust for conquest and wealth — behind the enslavement of Africans and the Native American genocide — is sidelined to tell the story of the valiant struggle by European pioneers to build the greatest nation on earth. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost…
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Langston Hughes Slept Here: A tour of the Vachel Lindsay Home

Springfield, Illinois, is a Lincoln-haunted town, but other attractions can be found there. Vachel Lindsay, once a much-celebrated American poet, haunts these neighborhoods. And poet Langston Hughes also hallows Springfield’s past.

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https://www.sacredwonderland.us/langston-hughes-slept-here/

This dude & I have this day in common.

Born this day in 1809, the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.
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TIL that

Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were both born on this same day in 1809

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.
-- Abraham Lincoln

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In their day, log cabins were the equivalent of trailer homes.

Interpret what you will about Abraham Lincoln.

The First National Park? Maybe Not What You Thought
Yellowstone is the world’s first national park. But two other parks had their beginnings before Yellowstone.

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https://www.sacredwonderland.us/first-national-park/

historic Southern ingredients inspire new Thanksgiving dishes https://www.diningandcooking.com/1855007/historic-southern-ingredients-inspire-new-thanksgiving-dishes/ #Abraham #AbrahamLincoln #American #AmericanCivilWar #Civil #Cooking #CookingU0026Recipes #cuisines #events #ga #Georgia #holidays #HolidaysU0026SeasonalEvents #lincoln #Overall #OverallPositive #positive #Recipes #savannah #seasonal #thanksgiving #ThanksgivingAppetizes #ThanksgivingDesserts #ThanksgivingFood #ThanksgivingRecipes #ThanksgivingSides #u0026 #War

TIL a man with the middle name Brutus (an assassin of Julius Caesar) "wrote many letters in fits of drunken anger and madness" in the 1830s to President Andrew Jackson, threatening to assassinate him. He was Junius Brutus Booth, the father of John Wilkes Booth.

https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigation/booth-letter/

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When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion.
-- Abraham Lincoln

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“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”

~ Abraham Lincoln

‘Political cesspool’: Lincoln, Davis and a battle with echoes for the time of Trump https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/07/abraham-lincoln-biography-book #Americancivilwar #AbrahamLincoln #Politicsbooks #Historybooks #DonaldTrump #Culture #Books