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to assume that Lincoln’s law partner felt the same way about the Mexican War.
    84 . Herndon to Weik, Jan. 9, 1886, HW, LOC (“glittering generalities”); Donald,
Lincoln’s Herndon
, p. 41 (“tears on the jury”); Herndon to Weik, Dec. 12, 1889, July 25, 1890, HW, LOC (“bones philosophy”). See also Donald, “
We Are Lincoln Men,”
pp. 73–75.
    85 . HL, pp. 175–176, 179 (“sealed Lincoln’s doom,” “made a mistake,” and “political suicide”). See also Boritt, “Lincoln’s Opposition to the Mexican War,” pp. 81–82 (little evidence); Neely, “Lincoln and the Mexican War,” pp. 23–24; and Findley,
A. Lincoln: Crucible of Congress
, p. x.
    86 . Neely, “Lincoln and the Mexican War,” pp. 16–17, 23. See also Boritt, “Lincoln’s Opposition to the Mexican War,” p. 89.
    87 . Lincoln, “What General Taylor Ought to Say,” [March?] 1848, in
CWL
, v. 1, p. 454; Lincoln to Greeley, June 27, 1848, in
CWL
, v. 1, p. 493–94(“revolution extended”). See also Neely, “Lincoln and the Mexican War,” p. 15 (“distracting question”).
    88 . Merk,
Manifest Destiny
, p. 184 (ending the war); Fuller,
The Movement for the Acquisition of All Mexico
, pp. 115–16 (senators voted against treaty); Merk,
Manifest Destiny
, pp. 189–90 (supported Polk); Bauer, p. 388 (“Girl I Left Behind”).
    89 . Lincoln to Mary, Apr. 16, 1848, in
CWL
, v. 1, p. 465 (“say nothing”); Lincoln to Mary, June 12, 1848, in ibid., v. 1, p. 477.
    90 . Lincoln to Rev. John M. Peck, May 21, 1848, in ibid., v. 1, p. 473.
    91 . Lincoln to Archibald Williams, Apr. 30, 1848, in ibid., v. 1, p. 467–68 (smarter choice); McPherson,
Battle Cry of Freedom
, p. 58 (“perpetual frown” and no political record).
    92 . Lincoln to Herndon, June 22, 1848, in
CWL
, v. 1, p. 491 (“wild boys”); Lincoln to Herndon, June 12, 1848, in ibid., v. 1, pp. 476–77 (“war thunder”); HL, p. 179 (“warmed up”);
Illinois State Register
, June 30, 1848, cited in HL, p. 438n77 (tepid support).
    93 . Lincoln, “Speech in the U.S. House on the Presidential Question,” July 27, 1848, in
CWL
, v. 1, pp. 505–15;
Baltimore American
, quoted in
ALAL-DC
, ch. 8, p. 815 (“roar of merriment”).
    94 . Neely, “Lincoln and the Mexican War,” pp. 14–15 (tempered his expansionism); Lincoln, “Speech at Worcester, Massachusetts,” Sept. 12, 1848, in
CWL
, v. 2, pp. 1–5; “Governor Henry J. Gardner (statement for Edward L. Pierce),” [Feb.–May 1890,] in
HI
, pp. 698–99. See also
ALAL
, v. 1, pp. 280–81.
    95 . Beveridge, v. 2, p. 190 (“rain and snow”); Findley,
A. Lincoln: Crucible of Congress
, p. 93; Clark,
Abraham Lincoln in the National Capital
, p. 8; Oates,
With Malice Toward None
, loc. 1695 (stepping aside for Logan).
    96 . Hay,
Diary
, entry for Aug. 13, 1863, p. 73.
    97 . See, for example, Neely Jr., “Lincoln and the Mexican War,” p. 23 and passim.
    98 . Paul Findley correctly observes that in Congress Lincoln “learned to temper his idealism with pragmatism, to reject unrealistic objectives and settle for steps that were within reach” (Findley,
A. Lincoln: Crucible of Congress
, p. 261; see also p. 216). For an example of a British statesman who was a master “of that same mysterious art,” see Bell, v. 2, p. 428.
    99 . See, for example, Guelzo,
Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President
, p. 57, cited in Howe,
What Hath God Wrought
, p. 597 (Midwestern drudgery); Lincoln to Williamson Durley, Oct. 3, 1845, in
CWL
, v. 1, p. 347; Boritt,
Lincoln and the Economics of the American Dream
, p. 140 (inevitable).
    100 . Abner Y. Ellis to Herndon, Dec. 6, 1866, in
HI
, p. 500 (off-color stories and “star gazing”); H. E. Dummer interview with Herndon, [1865–1866,] in HI, pp. 442–43 (“smutty stories”).
    101 . This account of the Ottawa debate draws on Tarbell,
Life of Abraham Lincoln
, v. 1, pp. 312–13;
ALAL
, v. 1, pp. 487–88;
Chicago Press and Tribune
, Aug. 23, 1858, and
New York Evening Post
, Aug. 27,