“Doubt not, oh poet, but persist. Say, ‘It is in me, and shall out!’” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

 From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst 

January 30 

“,,, and upon this act [The Emancipation Proclamation] sincerely believed to be an act of justice warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.” - Abraham Lincoln