Tuesday, March 12, 2013

"Please: More Light, Less Nose!"

Lincoln, on a regular basis, received a consistent stream of uninhibited criticism during the Civil War
from any number of sources.

At one point the criticism was particularly virulent and produced the following story:

"A frontiersman lost his way in an uninhabited region on a dark and tempestuous night. The rain fell in torrents, accompanied by terrible thunder and more terrific lightning. To increase his trouble his horse halted, being exhausted with fatigue and fright.

“Presently a bolt of lightning struck a neighboring tree, and the crash brought the man to his knees. He was not what would be called a prayerful man, so his appeal was short and to the point:

"'Oh, Lord, if it is all the same to you, please give me a little more light, and a little less noise!’"

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