Copy ImageLincoln bought a German language newspaper
Harold Holzer
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The Bible and newspapers, to both Lincoln and Greeley, they represented equally compelling gospel
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Lincoln had an almost childlike habit of regaling visitors with any sharp saying he'd uttered during the day, taking simple-hearted pleasure in some of his best hits
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President-elect Lincoln to his confidants: "The people of the South do not know us. They are not allowed to receive Republican papers down there
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Public sentiment is everything, said Lincoln. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed
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