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does the preface go as followed:
“LINCOLN NEVER poured out his soul to any mortal creature at anytime and on no subject,” his longtime law partner, William Herndon, once declared. “He was the most secretive—reticent—shut-mouthed man that ever existed.” Judge David Davis, who had known Lincoln for many years from his practice on the judicial circuit and who served as a close adviser in Illinois politics, agreed. Using almost the same words, Davis confirmed that, “he was the most reticent—Secretive man I Ever Saw—or Expect to See.” With considerable understatement, Lincoln himself conceded in 1861, “I am rather inclined to silence.”
“LINCOLN NEVER poured out his soul to any mortal creature at anytime and on no subject,” his longtime law partner, William Herndon, once declared. “He was the most secretive—reticent—shut-mouthed man that ever existed.” Judge David Davis, who had known Lincoln for many years from his practice on the judicial circuit and who served as a close adviser in Illinois politics, agreed. Using almost the same words, Davis confirmed that, “he was the most reticent—Secretive man I Ever Saw—or Expect to See.” With considerable understatement, Lincoln himself conceded in 1861, “I am rather inclined to silence.”