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Jul 2024
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The Fire of Genius: How Lincoln Overcame...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, when Lincoln was asked on a questionnaire to describe his education he only wrote one word: defective. That didn't stop him from becoming one of the premier thinkers of his time.

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