“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart.” – Jeremiah, 1: 5

From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst:

October 22

Long-term reactions to Lincoln's death came from as far away as Russia in the early 20th century. In the eyes of the great Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy Lincoln was a kind of world folk legend through 'peculiar moral powers and greatness of character... He was what Beethoven was in music, Dante in poetry, Raphael in painting and Christ in the philosophy of life. If he had failed to become President, he would be no doubt just as great, but only God could appreciate it. We are still too near his greatness, and so can hardly appreciate his power; but after a few centuries more our posterity will find him considerably bigger than we do.'

'If you tell the truth, sooner or later someone's going to find out.'

- Arnold Kunst