"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." Recollected Words of Abraham Lincoln compiled and edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher and Virginia Fehrenbacher (Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1996), p. 43.
I loved Abe, even as a young child. The first poem I ever wrote was about him. I have had a small stature of him since I was about 10. It traveled from GA to WA and is now on a bookcase in our family room. :)
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