Greeley knew no language but his, but of that, he possessed a most extraordinary mastery. An employee

At times, said the founder of the Chicago Tribune, Lincoln seemed to reach into the clouds and take out the thunderbolts.

Lincoln bought a German language newspaper.

Samuel Johnson said Alexander Pope's translation of the Iliad, "tuned the English tongue.

Language construction will BREED a mythology. J.R.R. Tolkien

He uses the nice old words so rich in tradition to be sure I know he means it.