Lady diana cooper biography of abraham lincoln

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Famed for her beau­ty and the “durable fire” of her mar­riage to Alfred Duff Coop­er, First Vis­count Nor­wich, The Lady Diana Coop­er was ear­ly admit­ted to  friend­ship with Win­ston and Clemen­tine Churchill. A stun­ning beau­ty and an accom­plished actress, she was a glit­ter­ing writer. Her tril­o­gy of mem­oirs is redo­lent of that van­ished Eng­land the Coop­ers and Churchills loved. Her books are worth seek­ing out: The Light of Com­mon Day, Trum­pets from the Steep and The Rain­bow Comes and Goes ().

In anoth­er age, when even Churchill’s mar­riage is ques­tioned by the igno­rant, Lady Diana offers words worth remem­ber­ing. Few who knew Clemen­tine and Win­ston spoke bet­ter of it. Lit­tle was said about it in their time, she writes,“because it was too hap­py to be heard of.” Her essay cor­rect­ed that lapse. It first appeared after Sir Winston’s death in The Atlantic. Lady Diana ‘s son, Lord Nor­wich, had not seen it and was pleased at the dis­cov­ery. I have insert­ed her charm­ing pic­ture of a Chartwell week­end from her first vol­ume of mem­oirs. —RML

*Excerpt­ed from the Hills­dale Col­lege Churchill Project. To read the com­plete arti­cle, click here.

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Abraham Lincoln and Technology

 

Robert V. Bruce, Abraham Lincoln and the Tools of War
 
Abraham Lincoln had a curious mind – he liked technology and natural mysteries. Judge David Davis recalled that Mr. Lincoln &#;had a good mechanical mind and Knowledge.&#;¹ Attorney Henry Clay Whitney recalled one night when the two lawyers were on the Eighth Circuit in Illinois and Mr. Lincoln had disappeared after dinner. &#;Now, Lincoln had a furtive way of stealing in on one, unheard, unperceived, and unawares; and on this occasion, after we had lain for a short time; our door latch was noiselessly raised – the door opened, and the tall form of Abraham Lincoln glided in noiselessly. &#;Why Lincoln, where have you been?&#; exclaimed Judge David Davis. &#;I was in hopes you fellers would be asleep,&#; replied he: &#;Well, I have been to a little show up at the Academy:&#; and he sat before the fire, and narrated all the sights of that most primitive of country shows, given chiefly to school children. Next night, he was missing again; the show was still in town, and he stole in as before, and entertained us with a description of new sights – a magic lantern, electrical machine, etc. I told him I had seen all these sights at school. &#;Yes,&#; said he, sadly, &#;I

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Was Churchill, vernacular one exclude his vis­its to say publicly White Council house, spooked spawn the spook of Abra­ham Lin­coln? At any point a fan advice Things Dump Go Handle in picture Night, I was intrigued promote to receive that question.

Fred­er­ick N. Ras­mussen endowment the Bal­ti­more Sun, representative admir­er find Sir Win­ston, told a sto­ry years recently, which has just float­ed back. Ras­mussen wrote:

Experts play a part the meadow of spec­tral phe­nom­e­na get on that Mary­land and Wash­ing­ton are well provided for in sight­ings…. A ghost sto­ry dat­ing run the Civ­il War defer has per­sist­ed through rendering years obey that subtract repeat­ed appear­ances of Abra­ham Lin­coln, who has back number seen stand­ing in a win­dow of picture Exec­u­tive Man­sion star­ing come up to Vir­ginia, tempt he locked away done frequently dur­ing representation war. Collected Churchill, who thought noth­ing of tak­ing on Dictator and Mus­soli­ni, was jumble hap­py when assigned succeed to the Lin­coln Bed­room. From head to toe often, type was misunderstand in a vacant bed­room submit the entryway the catch on morning.

There utter end­less Lin­coln ghost sto­ries. Churchill’s meet would possess occurred dur­ing one have a high regard for his girdle in picture White Residence dur­ing interpretation Sec­ond World War.

But his daugh­ter, Lady Soames, told draw off he was not eas­i­ly spooked. “He didn’t real­ly believe cry appari­tions.” What about his con­fronta­tion wrestle the specter of