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"And--here I Am!" |
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An old acquaintance of the President visited him in Washington. Lincoln desired to give him a place. Thus encouraged, the visitor, who was an honest man, but wholly inexperienced in public affairs or business, asked for a high office, Superintendent of the Mint.
The President was aghast, and said: "Good gracious! Why didn't he ask to be Secretary of the Treasury, and have done with it?"
Afterward, he said: "Well, now, I never thought Mr.-- had anything more than average ability, when we were young men together. But, then, I suppose he thought the same thing about me, and--here I am!"
(from Lincoln's Yarns and Stories , by Colonel Alexander K. McClure)
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