An adult friend of Lincoln's: "Life was to him a school.

“For better than thirty years, as a working historian, I have written on leaders…”

“One-time rival and subsequent usurper Secretary of State Seward finally settled…”

“A real democracy would be a meritocracy where those born in the lower ranks cou…”

“(from John Hay's diary) “The President never appeared to better advantage in th…”