"Remember also that he was plain, funny, kind, withdrawn. He could talk up a storm or be as quiet as the prairie on a still night. He sounded like a backwoodsman, even in high hat. Up close, it was impossible to fear him. His heart broke over fallen birds and fallen men. He could get fired up or fed up. He was absentminded. He was slow to act. Straining, he grew out of his prejudices. He wrote like a poet. He laughed like a hyena. He cried real tears.
Everything about him was real."
Everything about him was real."
- from the introduction to LINCOLN: An Illustrated Biography by Philip Kunhardt Jr., Philip Kunhardt III, and Peter W. Kunhardt. (via chaosfive55)
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(originally from chaosfive55)
• misc • history • american civil war • abraham lincoln • THIS IS THE BEST SHORT DESCRIPTION EVER
• misc • history • american civil war • abraham lincoln • THIS IS THE BEST SHORT DESCRIPTION EVER
“Are we fitted to the times we’re born into?”
This stern-faced man cried when he found out that Lincoln wasn’t going to live.
Stanton assumed control over everything the night that Lincoln was shot, seeing as others of higher authority were unavailable at the time.
He issued demands, sent and received telegraphs to many in authority and with the Government and army officials. In a way he was a temporary President during those long hours.
But apparently after sending Mary Lincoln out of the room due to her excessive wailing (or it may have been before), Stanton himself lost his cool and started sobbing.
(originally from magicallylincoln)
• well thanks for that • misc • history • american civil war • edwin stanton • FEELS
• well thanks for that • misc • history • american civil war • edwin stanton • FEELS
