Famous in his own time for his perceived ugliness, Abraham Lincoln was described by a contemporary: " to say that he is ugly is nothing ; to add that his figure is grotesque, is to convey no adequate impression.

Edward of Warwick was described as " simple-minded ", and after Anne died, Richard promptly named another nephew — John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln — as his heir presumptive.

In 1906, when Haywood had been on trial for his life in Idaho, Debs had described him as " the Lincoln of Labor " and called for Haywood to run against Theodore Roosevelt for president of the United States., but times had changed and Debs, facing a split in the Party, chose to echo Hillquit's words, accusing the IWW of representing anarchy.

Villa Park's boundaries are best described as Santiago Boulevard, which generally runs north-south, eastward to Santiago Creek and Cannon Street ( Orange ) or Imperial Highway ( Anaheim Hills ), and from Meats Avenue ( north ) southward to approximately Villa Park Road / Lincoln Avenue.

On evenings and weekends, it overflowed into the much larger ' downtown ' social milieu known as the Push, which flourished at a succession of pubs and other places of refreshment including the Tudor, Lincoln, Lorenzini's Wine Bar and Repin's Coffee Shop ; however, of greatest notoriety, was the Royal George Hotel in Sussex Street, which Clive James described in his Unreliable Memoirs:

Abraham Lincoln was described as follows: "... he was an ignoramus and a boor ; not an apostle at all ; no grand reformer, not so much as an abolitionist, except by accident – a man of very small account in every way.

" Abraham Lincoln described his appearance in a famous anecdote: " A brown, chunky little chap, with a long body, short legs, not enough neck to hang him, and such long arms that if his ankles itch he can scratch them without stooping.

"</ ref > The USLP is described in LaRouche's résumé as " an independent political association committed to the tradition of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Henry C. Carey, and President Abraham Lincoln.

In 1967, the Lincoln Center production described above, starring Ethel Merman and Bruce Yarnell, was broadcast on NBC.

* Events described in the novel Mount Dragon by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child take place in a remote biological testing facility located in the Jornada del Muerto.

He was a master of administration, logistics, and the politics necessary at the top of the military hierarchy, but exerted little effective control over field operations from his post in Washington, D. C. President Abraham Lincoln once described him as " little more than a first rate clerk.

Most of these methods were coined, or at least extensively described by Lincoln and Guba ( 1985 )

Lincoln balanced that rejection of triumphalism, however, with a recognition of the unmistakable evil of slavery, which he described in the most concrete terms possible.

The School of Journalism at the University of Lincoln was described by John Pilger as '… one of the most enlightened in the world '.

Jefferson's choice of Lincoln was supported by his close advisor and eventual Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin, who described Lincoln as " a good lawyer, a fine scholar, a man of great discretion and sound judgment " and a " sound a decided Republican ".

" In 2006, The Film Society of Lincoln Center described it as " an extraordinary and utterly seamless blend of adventure, comedy, music and dance ", labeling it an ' indisputable classic '.

The Independent described the university as " the best thing to happen to Lincoln since the Romans ".

Graham Leggat, former director of communications for Lincoln Center's film society, described Red vs. Blue as " truly as sophisticated as Samuel Beckett ".

This was just prior to Nevada becoming the 36th state, but as the design of this seal is not described, and no reply from Lincoln is known and no payment is recorded, it is not possible to know if it was the aforementioned 36-star seal, something similar to the simple F seal used by Fillmore, an entirely different seal, or if it was used at all.

The USLP is described in LaRouche's résumé as " an independent political association committed to the tradition of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Henry C. Carey, and President Abraham Lincoln.

Lincoln once said of Conness that he “ is habitually careful not to say what he does not know ,” and described him on another occasion as “ one of our United States Senators, of high standing, whom I cheerfully indorse .”

Although a similar appeal by Frederick Douglass had already been rejected, Lincoln was impressed by Delany and described him as " a most extraordinary and intelligent man.

Initially a supporter of Chiang Kaishek and his wife, he once compared Chiang to Abraham Lincoln and described Madame Chiang as a combination of Helen of Troy, Florence Nightingale and Joan of Arc.

Seward's initial reaction to the Trent affair, however, was too bellicose, so Lincoln also turned to Senator Charles Sumner, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and an expert in British diplomacy.

" In keeping with that sentiment, Lincoln led the moderates regarding Reconstruction policy, and was opposed by the Radical Republicans, under Rep. Thaddeus Stevens, Sen. Charles Sumner and Sen. Benjamin Wade, political allies of the president on other issues.

Senator Charles Sumner credited Uncle Tom's Cabin for the election of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln himself reportedly quipped that Stowe had triggered the American Civil War.

" On March 26, 1862 Lincoln met with Senator Charles Sumner and recommended that a special joint session of Congress be conveyed to discuss giving financial aid to any border states who initiated a gradual emancipation plan.

The county is divided into thirty-seven townships: Antelope, Athol, Belle Plaine, Belmont, Benton, Beotia, Buffalo, Capitola, Clifton, Conde, Cornwall, Crandon, Exline, Frankfort, Garfield, Great Bend, Groveland, Harmony, Harrison, Jefferson, Lake, La Prairie, Lincoln, Lodi, Mellette, Northville, Olean, Prairie Center, Redfield, Richfield, Spring, Sumner, Tetonka, Three Rivers, Tulare, Turton, Union.

During the American Civil War, after the fall of Fort Sumter, in April 1861, Sumner, Chandler and Wade repeatedly visited President Abraham Lincoln at the White House speaking on slavery and the rebellion.

Sumner, however, knew that the pressure of the Civil War would eventually cause President Lincoln to free the slaves.

Sen. Sumner and other Radicals had persistently advocated that President Lincoln emancipate the slaves.

Sen. Sumner had counseled President Lincoln in May to make the end of slavery the primary objective.

In the Senate, Sen. Sumner suppressed open debate in order to save Lincoln ’ s administration from embarrassment.

Sumner was portrayed by Creed Bratton, best known for also playing a character of the same name on the American TV series The Office, in the 2012 film Saving Lincoln.

* Mr. Lincoln and Freedom: Charles Sumner

Senator Charles Sumner, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a frequent consultant to President Lincoln on foreign relations, had recognized immediately that the United States must release Mason and Slidell, but he had remained publicly silent during the weeks of high excitement.

Sumner took these letters to Lincoln, who had just learned of the official British demand.

Sumner and Lincoln met daily over the next week and discussed the ramifications of a war with Great Britain.

Lincoln thought that he could meet directly with Lyons and “ show him in five minutes that I am heartily for peace ,” but Sumner persuaded him of the diplomatic impropriety of such a meeting.

Lincoln paid relatively little attention to this legislation as he focused on war issues, but he worked smoothly with powerful Congressional leaders such as Thaddeus Stevens ( on taxation and spending ), Charles Sumner ( on foreign affairs ), Lyman Trumbull ( on legal issues ), Justin Smith Morrill ( on land grants and tariffs ) and William Pitt Fessenden ( on finances ).

Military and Reconstruction issues were another matter, and Lincoln as the leader of the moderate and conservative factions of the Republican Party often crossed swords with the Radical Republicans, led by Stevens and Sumner.

Sumner organized Gwin's arrest along with two other secessionist sympathizers but President Abraham Lincoln intervened for his release.

Men and women wept aloud ; the cheering drowned his words and the speech he made has been regarded as worthy to be placed alongside abolitionists Lincoln, Sumner, Phillips, and Beecher.

Conness was with colleagues senators William M. Stewart of Nevada and Charles Sumner of Massachusetts the night Lincoln died.

He wrote over thirty books, including well received biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Wolfe and Charles Sumner.

Now the question is out .” David M. Potter, whose own credentials as a Lincoln scholar gave his words authority, said Donald's biography of Charles Sumner portrayed, " Sumner as a man with acute psychological inadequacies ” and exposed Sumner's " facade of pompous rectitude.