“There has been a lot of tragedy in my life, and at least half of it actually happened.” - Mark Twain

 From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst

March 9

An old friend from Springfield after an evening in the White House asked Lincoln, “How does it feel to be President of the United States?” Lincoln replied, “you have heard about the man tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail? A man in the crowd asked him how he liked it, and his reply was that if it wasn't for the honor of the thing, he would much rather walk.”