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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

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Lincolnesque

PRONUNCIATION:

(ling-kuh-NESK)

MEANING:

adjective: Suggestive of Abraham Lincoln.

ETYMOLOGY:

After Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States.

USAGE:

"A Lincolnesque leader is confident enough to be humble -- to not feel the need to bluster or dominate, but to be sufficiently sure of one's own judgment and self-worth to really listen and not be threatened by contrary advice."
Evan Thomas and Richard Wolffe; Lincoln's Obama; Newsweek (New York); Nov 24, 2008.

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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

Yesterday we obeyed kings and bent our necks before emperors. But today we kneel only to truth, follow only beauty, and obey only love. -Khalil Gibran, mystic, poet, and artist (1883-1931)


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