I probably should not give a complete review of a book that I have not yet finished reading, yet I cannot resist at least mentioning a book I am currently reading, called We Are Lincoln Men. It is written by the foremost Lincoln biographer of modern names, namely Professor David Herbert Donald. It is not a long book, only maybe 215 pages long, and is written in very simple, everyday, conversational English. Its focus is on Abraham Lincolns friendships over his entire lifetime. Let me just say here that I just cannot get enough of biographies of our greatest of Presidents. For me, Abraham Lincoln is an endlessly fascinating human being. And sorry for insulting anybody who may be offended by what I am about to say, but I just cant help but think of Abraham Lincoln as not only being Jewish, but to me seems to belong among the best of Jews in the Five Books of Moses. Probably that sounds crazy or even heretical to some of you, but that is just how I feel about him. When I read his various biographies, I feel very much the way I feel when studying the Torah. I do not feel this way for any other secular book that I can remember reading, not even Plato, nor Shakespeare, nor anybody. Well, okay, maybe John Miltons Paradise Lost, but come on, that is, after all, a book about Genesis.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 02:07:58 +0000
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