tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10689698.post4603971391336627975..comments2023-05-22T05:46:56.325-07:00Comments on Borenstein's Law: Was Preservation of the Union a Moral Issue?Mortimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10258255437279886326noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10689698.post-59538396652996591672009-02-20T13:15:00.000-08:002009-02-20T13:15:00.000-08:00Footnote: after posting, I discovered that when Li...Footnote: after posting, I discovered that when Lincoln was a child, the first books he read were the Bible (of course) and Aesop's Fables. He was fond of referring to the morals in speeches & argument. One he particularly liked was "The Lion And 3 Bulls." <BR/>"Three bulls for a long time pastured together. A Lion lay in ambush in the hope of making them his prey, but was afraid to attack them while they kept together. Having at last by guileful speeches succeeded in separating them, he attacked them without fear as they fed alone, and feasted on them one by one at his own leisure." <BR/>THE MORAL: "In Union there is strength."Mortimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258255437279886326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10689698.post-42243225100737450902009-02-18T18:45:00.000-08:002009-02-18T18:45:00.000-08:00Wonderful post!BUT get rid of the first comment, c...Wonderful post!<BR/><BR/>BUT get rid of the first comment, clearly from some sort of spammer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com