"The people are always much nearer the truth than politicians
suppose."--(A. Lincoln.)
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"CALL ME 'LINCOLN.'"
Like the Friends, Abraham Lincoln had a dislike for handles to a name,
and at the first incurred criticism in fastidious Washington circles by
his using the last name and not the Christian one to familiars. To an
intimate friend he appealed:
"Now, call me 'Lincoln,' and I'll promise not to tell of the breach of
etiquette, if _you_ won't (Ah, how well he knew the vanity of great
men's Horatios!), and I shall have a resting spell from _Mister_
Lincoln!"
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