Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"The attempt was not an error, nor the failure other than accident."

"The courage with which you in an open field maintained the contest against an intrenched foe and the consummate skill and success with which you crossed and recrossed the river in face of the enemy sh..."

"I transmit a copy of a dispatch to the Secretary of State from Mr. Adams, United States minister at London, and of the correspondence to which it refers, between that gentleman and Mr. Panizzi, the pr..."

"The nomination of Captain Glendy is accordingly withdrawn."