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PAT AND HIS GARDEN
[Rebuffing Know-Nothing supporters in 1854 because of their bias against immigrants:] 'I had some time ago an Irishman named Patrick cultivating my garden.
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"Happy day, when, all appetites controlled, all poisons subdued, all matter subjected, mind, all conquering mind, shall live and move the monarch of the world. Glorious consummation! Hail fall of Fury! Reign of Reason, all hail!"

Temperance Address, February 22, 1842
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Abraham Lincoln 1809-2009
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From the Founder of the Lincoln Institute
Lincoln at Peoria
The Turning Point
by Lewis E. Lehrman
Students of Abraham Lincoln know the canon of his major speeches — from his Lyceum Speech of 1838 to his “Final Remarks” delivered from a White House window, days before he was murdered in 1865. Less well-known are the two speeches given at Springfield and Peoria two weeks apart in 1854. They marked Mr. Lincoln’s reentry into the politics of Illinois and, as he could not know, his preparation for the Presidency in 1861. These Lincoln addresses catapulted him into the debates over slavery which dominated Illinois and national politics for the rest of the decade.
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Mr. Lincoln and Friends


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Abraham Lincoln and Women

1: She was the wife of a prominent Illinois politician – and lobbied to have her husband appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. She had known Mr. Lincoln for over two decades and helped socialize him as a young legislator.
A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G.  H.  I.  J.


2: She was a prominent Quaker leader who met with Mr. Lincoln in 1862, prompting a letter on the divine will. He wrote her again in September 1864: "The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance."
A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G.  H.  I.  J.


3: She claims to have conducted seances with Mr. Lincoln and Mrs. Lincoln during which she attempted to contact the spirit of their dead son Willie.
A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G.  H.  I.  J.


4: She was a sophisticated former slave who developed a successful business as a seamstress in Washington – working for the wives of Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln. She founded an organization to help freed slaves and sought the help of Mrs. Lincoln, who counted her as among her most trusted friends.
A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G.  H.  I.  J.


5: Her husband became fast friends with Mr. Lincoln after they engaged in a famous wrestling match. Later, she successfully mended his clothes and he successfully defended her son in a murder trial.
A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G.  H.  I.  J.


6: She tried to play matchmaker with Mr. Lincoln and her Kentucky sister – to whom Mr. Lincoln became engaged after a fashion. The engagement broke up by mutual consent.
A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G.  H.  I.  J.


7: She nursed Tad Lincoln and Mrs. Lincoln after the death of Willie Lincoln in February 1862 and returned to nurse Mrs. Lincoln after her carriage accident in July 1864.
A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G.  H.  I.  J.


8: She was recruited to supervise the rambunctious Lincoln boys, shortly after Mr. Lincoln became President. Her two brothers became good playmates of Willie and Tad Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln treated her like the daughter they never had.
A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G.  H.  I.  J.


9: She was a cousin of Mrs. Lincoln who accompanied her on shopping trips to New York City early in the Lincoln Administration.
A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G.  H.  I.  J.


10: She was the wife of the editor of the Sangamon Journal, later the Illinois State Journal, to which Mr. Lincoln contributed editorials. With her husband, she helped bring Mary Todd and Mr. Lincoln back together after they broke up.
A.  B.  C.  D.  E.  F.  G.  H.  I.  J.

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