She reports, in "The Influence of Lincoln," chapter two of Hull House, Edward Caird's wonderful description of Lincoln as a man "content merely to dig the channels through which the moral life of his countrymen might flow."
Also, I love Jane Addams. Growing up in Chicago, she hovered, a sepia-toned specter, over every March and city history fair. Then I read "A Modern Lear." The woman knew how to read. And she can write too-- Hull House is interesting in direct proportion to the boringness of the title. It is really really interesting. What is it about these prairie dwellers?
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