Quote by: Eric Foner

It is a well known fact that Abraham Lincoln spent much of his spare time visiting wounded soldiers in Union Army hospitals. I've spent thirty years teaching history at Columbia and I don't think I've spent more than fifteen minutes in the freshman dorm. Are we the ones keeping Lincoln's memory alive? Or are we burying it?


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Author Bio


  • NameEric Foner
  • DescriptionAmerican historian
  • BornFebruary 7, 1943
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionHistorian Of Modern Age; Historian
  • AwardsLincoln Prize; Guggenheim Fellowship; Pulitzer Prize For History