Abraham Lincoln and religion. Abraham Lincoln (1860)
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effort toresearch the hundreds of thousandsof manuscripts in our vast collec-tion, but merely put aside whateverreference to spiritualism we ranacross while carrying out our nor-mal duties. This exhibit is the result. But McDonough quickly points outthe Library of Congress takes noposition… … In The White House In 1940, some 6,000 New Yorkerswere polled on the question, Who isthe greatest American, living or dead?The answer of the majority, as it hasconsistently been for over a century,was Abraham Lincoln. He is the nearest thing to a folk herothis nation has produced, admired forhis…
