Physically Lincoln couldn't have been more awkward. For example, when walking he had a way of lifting his foot up and putting it down all of a piece as if there were an inflexible steel platform strapped to the end of each leg. In short he was funny sometimes without even realizing it.
Similarly, even with the resources of the entire government at their disposal, authorities never could find a horse tall enough for the long-legged President. One always had the naggings suspicion that if his horse ever set out to move with the purpose both horse and rider would tumble ignominiously to the ground since Lincoln’s two legs were sure to get tangled with the horse’s four.
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