A visitor asked Lincoln what good news he.... : Quote by Shelby Foote

“ A visitor asked Lincoln what good news he could take home from an audience with the august executive. The president spun a story about a machine that baffled a chess champion by beating him thrice. The stunned champ cried while inspecting the machine, "There's a man in there!"Lincoln's good news, he confided from the heights of leadership, was that there was in fact a man in there. ”

Shelby Foote
  • From : The Civil War
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