Obama seems to have absorbed Frederick Douglass's tribute to Lincoln: "Viewed from the genuine abolition ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull, and indifferent; but measuring him by the sentiment of his country, a sentiment he was bound as a statesman to consult, he was swift, zealous, radical, and determined."
xpostfactoid: Obama's tribute to Lincoln: channeling Frederick Douglass?
Posted by Asp 620 days ago (http://xpostfactoid.blogspot.com)
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