![]() He is often pictured as a self-made man who had to struggle to get to the top, but William H. They loaned him money, they employed him as their lawyer, and they voted for him in elections. Throughout his life, many people stepped in to assist him when he needed their help. Of course, there were dozens-indeed, hundreds-of others who claimed to be Lincoln’s friends. It came as a surprise to me that they were so few in number. They are figures whose lives were inextricably intertwined with Lincoln’s. There can be no doubt that much of the time, Lincoln himself so considered them. This is a book about Lincoln men-people who thought of themselves as special friends of Abraham Lincoln. ![]() But then Hay added a demurrer: There will be one exception. ![]() ![]() Fierce Republicans both, they did not want to write a stump speech in eight vols, but instead to write the history of those times like two everlasting angels-who know everything, judge everything, tell the truth about everything and don’t care a twang of their harps about the one side or the other. Nicolay were collaborating on their biography of Abraham Lincoln, they discussed the tone and bias of the work. ![]()
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