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...arts are purposely small. Although the percentage of books on science has risen somewhat since the opening of the library, by far the greater part of the collection falls under headings dean to the hearts of the humanities and social sciences instructors. The esoteric book has no place on Lamon's shelves. For better or worse, that seems to be that. At any rate, it's intentional...
Another biographer hated by Robert was Ward Hill Lamon, also a Lincoln law partner and later his bodyguard. Lamon was a big, good-natured brawler, whose "office was conveniently located over a saloon, the remainder of the second floor of the building being occupied by a house of assignation...
Traditional basic formation for Harvard elevens is a Harlow mixture that has been called everything from a modified T to a modified single wing, or even a double wing. This year a fairly deep punt formation, a straight T, and a regular single wing are figuring prominently in Lamon's plans also...
...Threats. Meantime, in the sheltered water of Lamon Bay, first at Atimonan and later at Mauban, the Jap put down another heavy force. It had tanks, and tanks were sent out to meet it. In a heavy engagement both sides suffered considerable losses on a battlefield between 60 and 75 miles from Manila. From Lamon Bay the Jap thrust toward the southwest, flung himself across the narrow peninsula south from Mauban to Tayabas...
...method with Lincoln is to light up in every way possible the men and the problems he faced from week to week, to relate with exactness what he did and said, to tell in their own words what the contemporaries thought or printed about it (Nicolay & Hay, Lamon, Herndon and the other biographers bearing witness among hundreds less known), and to let his own extraordinary insight play upon the record. As an incidental part of this process, he brings to life the principal political, journalistic and military figures that surrounded Old Abe from his first week in Washington...