From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst
April 25
Draining
the President’s attention and energy was a virtually endless stream of office
seekers. ‘Too many pegs and not enough holes to put them in,’ he observed
wryly. When Lincoln got back to Washington from the Gettysburg cemetery
dedication he contracted a mild form of smallpox. Where were the office
seekers, he quipped? Now he had something he could give everybody!
‘Humor
is the instinct for taking pain playfully.’
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Max Eastman
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