Lincoln then and now

Published February 11, 2009 5:00am ET



Contemporary views of Abraham Lincoln:

“I see very plainly Abraham Lincoln’s dark brown face, with the deep-cut lines, the eyes, always to me with a deep latent sadness in the expression.”

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