Abraham Lincoln actually said...

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

I nominate Ulysses S. Grant, now a major-general in the military service, to be lieutenant-general in the Army of the United States.

In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th instant, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War, rel...