The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land. – Abraham Lincoln
Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors. – Abraham Lincoln
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. – Abraham Lincoln
Military glory –the attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood. – Abraham Lincoln
Laying out grounds… may be considered as a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting…. it is to assist Nature in moving the affections… the affections of those who have the deepest perception of the beauty of Nature… – William Wordsworth, letter to George Beaumont, 1805 October 17th [Author trivia: