From
“Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst:
November 2
During one of the 1858 senatorial
debates with Stephen Douglas, Lincoln reached for a metaphor to describe the
'humbuggery' of popular sovereignty as a sort of anti-expansionist device.
Thanks to Douglas's own inconsistent interpretations, 'had it not got down as
thin as a homeopathic soup that was made by boiling the shadow of a pigeon that
died of starvation?'
'Humor is a rubber sword - it
allows you to make a point without drawing blood'
- Nancy Hirsch
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