Also, I would like to point out one other interesting aspect of this query: Again, the two great mythic figures of the 19th century are paired--Twain and Lincoln. This interesting pairing, going back to Howells and probably before his statement in My Mark Twain, should be duly noted by others of a mythologizing sort besides myself. . . . --Hal Bush ps -- my own 2 cents -- I am almost certain this is a Lincoln quote, but do not have here in my office the resources (nor the time at the moment) to try and locate it-- did anyone try the Bartlett's as Prof. Camfield suggested?? Dr. Harold K. Bush Saint Louis University