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"No Man Is Good Enough..." Quotation
- Creator:
- unknown
- Location:
- Unknown place made
- Origin Date:
- 1900-1920
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in
- Item ID:
- 71.2009.083.0998
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
- Available for Viewing:
- No
- Category:
- Cartoons, Broadsides & Ephemera
Description
This hand-colored postcard features a quotation from Abraham Lincoln's Speech at Peoria, Illinois, on October 16, 1854. The quote reads: "No man is good enough to govern another man without that other man's consent." The first letter of the quotation is illuminated in red ink. A rectangular, decorative black border surrounds the quotation. The postcard reverse is undivided. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum