To use the past, he had to save it from aspects of itself. — Richard Brookhiser, Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln
To use the past, he had to save it from aspects of itself. — Richard Brookhiser, Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln
To use the past, he had to save it from aspects of itself. — Richard Brookhiser, Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln
To use the past, he had to save it from aspects of itself. — Richard Brookhiser, Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln
To use the past, he had to save it from aspects of itself. — Richard Brookhiser, Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln
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To use the past, he had to save it from aspects of itself.

— Richard Brookhiser, Founders' Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln
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