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Lincoln had no such person that he could talk with. Often, as a result, he debated with himself, and he would draw up a kind of list of the pros and cons of an argument, and carefully figure them out, and he might test them in public.

~David Herbert Donald

Topics: Argument Carefully Cons Could Debated Draw Figure Had He Himself Kind Lincoln List Might Often Out Person Pros Public Result Talk Test Them Up Would

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I think, with the gay liberation movement has had need for heroes and heroines, and it would be rather nice to have Abraham Lincoln as your poster boy, wouldn't it?

~David Herbert Donald

Topics: Abraham Abraham Lincoln Boy Gay Had Heroes Heroines Liberation Lincoln Movement Need Nice Poster Rather Think Would Your I Think

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I was able to sit at Lincoln's side and see how he thought and how he acted, and how he felt about what was going on around him. I felt the pressures that were on him. You can see what people were writing to him, how they were nudging him.

~David Herbert Donald

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The more I have studied Lincoln, the more I have followed his thought processes, the more I am convinced that he understood leadership better than any other American president.

~David Herbert Donald

Topics: Am American American President Any Better Convinced Followed He His Leadership Lincoln More Other President Processes Studied Than Thought Understood I Am

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Maybe I will write a memoir, perhaps I'll do some essays, or maybe I will write a mystery story.

~David Herbert Donald

Topics: Essays Maybe Memoir Mystery Perhaps Some Story Will Write

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I love mysteries, and I read them every night before I go to bed.

~David Herbert Donald

Topics: Bed Before Every Every Night Go Love Mysteries Night Read Them I Love

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Historian

Born: October 1st, 1920

Died: May 17th, 2009

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