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A writer at the time said, "Lincoln means to sink the man in the public officer.


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Lincoln on a desire to hear Horace Greeley speak: "In print, every one of his words seems to weigh about a ton.

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At times, said the founder of the Chicago Tribune, Lincoln seemed to reach into the clouds and take out the thunderbolts.




James Gordon Bennett said he aimed to be, "serious in my aims but full of frolic in my means.

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Public sentiment is everything, said Lincoln. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Public sentiment is everything, said Lincoln. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.



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The mid-19th century was noted for a partisan, rather than a consensus press, but this partisanship was able to turn out voters consistently.



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We need to know not only what is done but what is purposed and said by those who shape the destines of states and realms." Horace Greeley

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