[Ads-l] Bogus Lincoln quote? (UNCLASSIFIED)

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

The QI website now has an entry for the quotation attributed to
Lincoln that was discussed by Bill Mullins:

People Who Like This Sort of Thing Will Find This the Sort of Thing They Like
http://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/09/09/like-sort/

Bill is acknowledged. Feedback welcome. Thanks,
Garson


On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Mullins, Bill CIV (US)
<william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:
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> Subject:      Re: Bogus Lincoln quote? (UNCLASSIFIED)
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> A few years ago, I ran across this in a review:
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> "As President Lincoln said after witnessing a seance that his
> wife had convinced him to attend, "It's the kind of thing
> you'll like if you like that kind of thing." "
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> I think I was able to trace it back to the 1870s, and it may=20
> have been attributed to Lincoln, but I couldn't find it in=20
> his name while he was alive.
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