The Life and Troubles of Abraham Lincoln (1453 words, 6 pages)
He comes to us in the mists of legend as a kind of homespun Socrates,brimming with prarie wit and folk wisdom. There is a counterlegend of Lincoln,one shared ironically enough by many white Southerners and certain blackAmericans of our time. Neither of these views, of course, reveals much about theman ...
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