William Knox
Scottish poet
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appreciation by Lincoln
- In Abraham Lincoln: Lincoln’s family
…of an obscure Scottish poet, William Knox. Lincoln often quoted Knox’s lines beginning: “Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?” He liked to relax with the comic writings of Petroleum V. Nasby, Orpheus C. Kerr, and Artemus Ward, or with a visit to the popular theater.
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