“How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a let? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.” – Abraham Lincoln

 “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst 

20 November 

According to the Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, Cabinet discussions went on without order or system, notes Welles, “but in the summing up and conclusions the President, who was a patient listener and learner, concentrated results, and often determined questions adverse to the Secretary of State, regarding him and his opinions, as he did those of his other advisers, for what they were worth and generally no more.”