Saturday, November 3, 2012

Lincoln and the 2012 Campaign: Not a Fit Part 6

Concession Speech


In losing the race for the Illinois senate seat to Stephen Douglas in 1858 Lincoln gave the following answer when asked for his reaction to his defeat:

“I feel like the boy who stubbed his toe rather badly; he was hurt too much to laugh and he was too big to cry,”           

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