10th July 2004, 1:09 PM
Indeed, generally it's considered that Lincoln rather than being the lone wolf diong something against other's will, he was basically being a president and decided on it because that was the prevailing sentiment at the time anyway, in the north at least. Lincoln basically made official something that many people already agreed should be banned.
Ya know, personally I'd say that George Washington was the greatest president in the history of the United States myself, but that's just me.
Ya know, personally I'd say that George Washington was the greatest president in the history of the United States myself, but that's just me.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)