God produced great writing, a matter of first importance to a man like Lincoln, ever impressed with the nature of cause and forces.

Humor and seriousness can be an unstable mix.

Jefferson could strike up the band even when he was being lazy or fearful.

A storyteller, a displaced poet, will absorb reading differently.

She became at once more intimate and more exalted.

As with almost every long oration, there were loose ends.