Levi Lincoln

Levi Lincoln may refer to:

  • Levi Lincoln, Sr. (1749–1820), father, U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and briefly Governor
  • Levi Lincoln, Jr. (1782–1868), son, Governor of Massachusetts before becoming a Representative

Famous quotes containing the words levi and/or lincoln:

    “The butterfly’s attractiveness derives not only from colors and symmetry: deeper motives contribute to it. We would not think them so beautiful if they did not fly, or if they flew straight and briskly like bees, or if they stung, or above all if they did not enact the perturbing mystery of metamorphosis: the latter assumes in our eyes the value of a badly decoded message, a symbol, a sign.”
    —Primo Levi (1919–1987)

    “The spiritual kinship between Lincoln and Whitman was founded upon their Americanism, their essential Westernism. Whitman had grown up without much formal education; Lincoln had scarcely any education. One had become the notable poet of the day; one the orator of the Gettsyburg Address. It was inevitable that Whitman as a poet should turn with a feeling of kinship to Lincoln, and even without any association or contact feel that Lincoln was his.”
    —Edgar Lee Masters (1869–1950)