Abraham Lincoln – ‘I could as easily bail out t…

'I could as easily bail out the Potomac River with a teaspoon as attend to all the details of the army. Attributed to President Abraham Lincoln by General James B. Fry.Allen Thorndike Rice Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln chapter 22 p. 393 (1886). This supposedly had been part of Lincolns response to a young volunteer soldier who had come to Lincolns office asking his help with a grievance. The story has been repeated in numerous books on Lincoln: Alexander K. McClure Abe Lincolns Yarns and Stories p. 162 (1904 Ida M. Tarbell The Life of Abraham Lincoln vol. 2 p. 153 (1917 and Caroline T. Harnsberger The Lincoln Treasury p. 14 (1950).'

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