Accepting the toast with a glass of Smithwick's Irish lager, I make a  
different tie between Twain and Lincoln.
In appointing Sam Clemens' older brother Orion Clemens as Secretary of  
Nevada Territory in 1861, President Abraham Lincoln set in motion a series of  
events which led to Samuel L. Clemens developing into Mark Twain. Thus I  
consider Twain to be Abraham Lincoln's great gift to American Literature.
 
Bob Stewart
 
 
In a message dated 11/30/2012 12:17:30 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
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I just  poured a neat little glass of Bushmill's Honey (A drink that Twain
would  surely approve), and I am drinking a virtual toast with most of you
for the  Lincoln of our literature, whose views are as relevant today as
they were a  hundred years ago. Bottoms up!



Terry Ballard
Author and  Leisure Studies Manager
http://www.terryballard.org
Author of the book  "Google this" http://googlethisforlibraries.com

"My memory has a mind  of its own."