Archive for the Tag 'lincoln'

Lincoln, Douglas, the typographic mind, and us

An essay


Good Wednesday morning Fellow Seekers of Wisdom and Truth,
On an August day 149 years ago (the actual anniversary, Aug. 21, slipped by last week while I was away), Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas held the first of their famous  series of seven debates.  Although they would both run for president in 1860, it is sometimes forgotten […]