regarding the Lincoln anecdote: that is not from the Lincoln-Douglass debates; it is related about a comment he made about a tedious history of Greece. you can search it out in google books but it's hard to find a specific source; the anecdote has the sound of a later remembrance that may or may not be authentic. there were MANY of these kinds of stories told about Lincoln, often decades after his death; and it is often hard to tell the true from the false. This sounds to me like something Lincoln might say; but then again memory is a funny thing, isn't it?? May be impossible to confirm, in my view ... -hb On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 7:29 AM, Denis Donovan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I would imagine that at least some list members are familiar with the = > Lincoln-Douglas debates, given the focus on that general period, so I'm = > hoping someone can point me to the exchange I'm interested in. Here is = > my *recollection* of the exchange that dates from a good 50 years ago, = > so it may not be very accurate. > > Douglas had just extolled a particular thinker and said something like = > this: "No man has ever dived more deeply into the fountain of knowledge = > and learning." > > "No," said Lincoln, "nor come up dryer." > > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > > Denis Donovan > > - - - > Denis M. Donovan, M.D., M.Ed., F.A.P.S. > Director, EOCT Institute > > Medical Director, 1983 - 2006 > The Children's Center for Developmental Psychiatry > St. Petersburg, Florida > > P.O Box 47576 > St. Petersburg, FL 33743-7576 > Phone: 727-641-8905 > [log in to unmask] > [log in to unmask] > > Please reply to: [log in to unmask] > > - - - > =D0=92=D1=80=D0=B5=D0=BC=D0=B5=D0=BD=D0=B0 > =D1=81=D0=BB=D0=BE=D0=B6=D0=BD=D1= > =8B=D0=B5, =D0=B4=D1=83=D1=80=D0=B0=D0=BA=D0=BE=D0=B2 > =D0=BC=D0=BD=D0=BE=D0= > =B3=D0=BE. > =E2=80=94 =D0=90=D0=BB=D0=B5=D0=BA=D1=81a=D0=BD=D0=B4=D1=80 = > =D0=A0=D0=BE=D0=BC=D0=B0=D0=BD=D0=BE=D0=B2=D0=B8=D1=87 > =D0=9B=D1=83=D1=80=D0= > =B8=D1=8F > > These are complex times, many fools around. > > Alexandr Romanovich Luria in: > Goldberg, Elkhanon (2001). The Executive Brain: Frontal Lobes and the = > Civilized Mind. > New York: Oxford University Press, p. 16. > > Perhaps Goldberg should have listened to Luria . . . > -- Prof. Harold K. Bush Professor of English 3800 Lindell Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO 63108 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>