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01Undated

She noticed, as an exceptional woman would, that her stepson was exceptional.

Richard Brookhiser / quote

02Undated

The lightheaded and the fashionable are always willing to shed tears for distant underdogs.

Richard Brookhiser / quote

03Undated

Lincoln was less well-read than many a professor or journalist, but what he read, he read deeply.

Richard Brookhiser / quote

04Undated

Lincoln loved other people's jokes as much as his own.

Richard Brookhiser / quote

05Undated

Lincoln learned to summon the passions, but he never addressed his audience as sweethearts.

Richard Brookhiser / quote

06Undated

Dominance can be a tempration to division. "There are so many of us, we can afford to fight amongst ourselves.

Richard Brookhiser / quote