What I’m reading now. Kaplan on Lincoln:
“Since LIncoln was unable to conceive of political discourse as separate from the written word, his compositional energy was directed mostly by political ideas and exigencies.”
“His prospects were never far from his own mind. What better consolation fro his 1858 defeat and what more satisfying a triumph over Douglas than to be elected president.”
Wrestling with Honest Abe v. Abe the Politician.
