LINCOLN'S CAREER, MORE THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER MAN IN HISTORY,
IS SO GRANDLY CONCEIVED BY FATE THAT THE FIRST ACT IS ILLUMINATED
BY THE LAST, AND EVERY SCENE IS BOUND TOGETHER BY DRAMATIC INTENSITT
- Biographer Emil Ludwig
IN MAKING DECISIONS, LINCOLN WITHDREW INTO THE ISOLATION OF A
CONCENTRATED MIND, RELYING NOT ON REPORTS FROM EXPERTS OR BOOKS,
BUT ON HIS OWN INTUITION -WHICH COULD BE AGONIZINGLY SLOW TO EMERGE.