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DID you know…that Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln were born on the same day and the same year… 206 years ago today
Originally posted on BRIDGET WHELAN writer:
On 12 February 1809, Charles Darwin was born in Shropshire to a wealthy family: his father was Dr Robert Darwin and his mother Susannah was the daughter of Josiah Wedgwood, the pottery superstar On February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln was born to a farming family in a one-room Kentucky…
5 Famous Authors Who Fought the Odds
Originally posted on Savvy Writers & e-Books online:
. 5 Authors Who Fought the Odds and Lived their Passion Life experience and passion are necessary to make any kind of writing pop off the page. The most famous authors today have meshed their life’s work, or their favorite hobbies, with their writing. Clive Cussler, Dan Brown, John…
Founders’ Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln by Richard Brookhiser
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Founders’ Son: A Life of Abraham Lincoln by Richard Brookhiser Abraham Lincoln grew up in the long shadow of the Founding Fathers. Seeking an intellectual and emotional replacement for his own taciturn father, Lincoln turned to the great men of the founding—Washington, Paine, Jefferson—and their great documents—the Declaration of…
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