The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry prophecy and religion all in one.
Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact than the richest...
I write poetry in order to live more fully.
In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings no attempts to woo the Religious Right. Few of Lincoln's countrymen knew anything at all of his religious beliefs.
