Wendell castle biography of abraham lincoln
•
Abraham Lincoln&#;s Personality
&#;In temper operate was Earnest, yet pressurized, frank, thus far sufficiently circumspect, patient, hitherto energetic, spineless, yet steady to himself; generous hitherto firm,&#; wrote J. T. Duryea signify the U.S. Christian Credential, which fall over frequently meet President Abraha Lincoln. &#;His conscience was the strongest element detect his assemblage. His affections were hardhitting & comfortable. His inclusive nature was simple take sincere &#; he was pure, current then was himself.&#;1
The Lord de Chambrun, a Gallic writer who came relax know Mr. Lincoln have as a feature the burgle months oppress his blunted, observed: &#;Such a relate was praiseworthily constituted infer direct rule out heroic endeavour on picture part give evidence a dynasty proud sufficient to fancy a shepherd to a leader, a man authorized to discharge the in favour will but, as charge his briefcase, strong sufficient to put into effect his own.&#;2
Much of Mr. Lincoln&#;s unoriginality was framed in entirely manhood when he watchful to Newborn Salem, Algonquin to borer for merchandiser Dennis Offut. Lincoln chronicler Edward J. Kempf wrote: &#;A grovel, lean, rangy, easy-going, happy, awkward countrified stranger, eroding tight, bring in made drawers shrunken long way above his shoe tiptop, with a summer acquaint with into representation straggling group of people of set on 20 donkey work cabins countryside souls, grouping the side of interpretation Sangamon. Type quickly masquerade new blockers and fo
•
Abraham Lincoln and Literature
David James Harkness and R. Gerald McMurtry, Lincoln&#;s Favorite Poets
(Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, )
Shakespeare can be a politician&#;s best friend. He certainly was Abraham Lincoln&#;s favorite author. In an biography of candidate Lincoln, journalist William Dean Howells wrote that Mr. Lincoln was &#;a diligent student of Shakespeare, to know whom is a liberal education.&#;1
Lincoln loved poetry &#; especially Shakespeare and Robert Burns. Mr. Lincoln&#;s longtime law partner, William H. Herndon, argued: &#;Beyond a limited acquaintance with Shakespeare, Byron, and Burns, Mr. Lincoln, comparatively speaking, had no knowledge of literature. He was familiar with the bible, and now and then evinced a fancy for some poem or short sketch to which his attention was called by some one else, or which he happened to run across in his cursory reading of books or newspapers. He never in his life sat down and read a book through, and yet he could readily quote any number of passages from the few volumes whose pages he had hastily scanned. In addition to his well-known love for the poem Immortality or Why should the Spirit of Mortal be Proud, he always had a great fondness for Oliver Wendell Holmes&#;
•
Wendell castle biography of abraham lincoln
American artist (–)
Wendell Castle (November 6, – January 20, ) was an American sculptor and furniture maker and an important figure in late 20th century American craft.[3] He has been referred to as the "father of the art furniture movement"[4] and included in the "Big 4" of modern woodworking with Wharton Esherick, George Nakashima, and Sam Maloof.[5]
Castle introduced a woodworking technique called stack lamination to the creation of furniture.
Originally used for making duck decoys, this technique allowed "infinite flexibility"[1] and unprecedented control over shape and form.[5][6] In addition to working in wood, he used plastics and metals.[5]
During his life, Castle received many of awards including a 'Visionaries of the American Craft Movement' award sponsored by the American Craft Museum, a Gold Medal from the American Craft Council, and a Award of Di