![]() There was also a political statement hidden within Lincoln’s facial affect of choice. Lincoln chose “a trimmed beard without a mustache,” a more common sight on clergy than on the everyday citizen or officer. Lincoln’s choice of facial hair was not the style of the day - full beards were far more popular. He took Bedell’s suggestion after the election, though not without careful consideration. His letter back included the passage, “As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affection if I were to begin it now?” Lincoln was intrigued by this assessment. All the ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husbands to vote for you and then you would be president.” Then Lincoln received a letter from Bedell, who had been shown his picture by her father.īedell told Lincoln she had four brothers, several of whom planned to vote for him, and that, “if you will let your whiskers grow, I will try and get the rest of them to vote for you.” She then wrote, “You would look a great deal better for your face is so thin. He has most unwarrantably abused the privilege which all politicians have of being ugly.’ ” One newspaper declared that ‘Lincoln is the leanest, lankest, most ungainly mass of legs, arms and hatchet-face ever strung upon a single frame. Lincoln’s self-deprecation “did not prevent his opponents from mocking his ugliness and linking it to his backwoods origins and unpolished manners. Lincoln quickly retorted, ‘If I had another face, do you think I would wear this one?’ ” “In a debate during his unsuccessful senate campaign two years earlier,” writes Oldstone-Moore, in his new history of facial hair, “Of Beards and Men,” “his opponent, Stephen Douglas, had accused Lincoln of being untrustworthy and two-faced. By his own account, the clean-shaven Lincoln’s weren’t much. While television was still a hundred years away from turning optics into an essential focus of a presidential campaign, looks still mattered. Do not PM or invite moderators to chat in regards to moderator actions, questions on rules, or requests.In 1860, an 11-year-old girl named Grace Bedell changed history.Ībraham Lincoln, then a little-known two-term congressman from Illinois, was running for president. Have any questions? Message the moderators or type /r/teenagers in the addressee box when composing a message to modmail us. ![]() Our current ban procedure can be found on this page. This allows users to learn from their mistakes and not get banned indefinitely for a minor infraction. We use a point system that tracks warnings and bans. If you are not sure whether something breaks these rules, please message the moderators. The moderators reserve the right to act on a case-by-case basis. ![]() The full documentation of our rules can be found on this page.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |