With Malice Toward None

The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition    

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Lincoln writes to eleven-year-old Grace Bedell: As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affectation if I were to begin it now? Some theorize that the spots on the letter are the result of snowflakes that fell on the page while Grace excitedly read the Republican candidates note on the way home from the post office.

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As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affectation if I were to begin it now?