Events!
Events, Dear Boy…
1860
February
Abraham Lincoln’s
Cooper Union Address…
Part Two…
“…Lincoln’s shrill voice gave, initially a rather poor impression…”
“ Mr President* & fellow citizens of New York…”
…Mmmm…
The ambitious Abraham had aquired especially for the occasion a $100* suite, hoping to make a suitedly…
striking impression!
*…Close on $3,000 in today’s silly money…
“…I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour*…”
…Oh dear !
“ When he rose to speak, I was greatly disappointed - He was tall, tall, SO tall! & so angular & awkward that I had for an instant, a feeling of pity for so…
…ungainly a man!
…*That’s no Lincoln line, you little liar !
