Wasu, har da Allen C. Guelzo, darektan nazarin Zamanin Yaƙin basasa a Kwalejin Gettysburg da ke Pennsylvania, sun ba da shawarar cewa furcin Lincoln na "hudu da ashirin da bakwai" yana nufin Zabura 90:10 na King James Version na Littafi Mai Tsarki, inda aka ba da tsawon rayuwar mutum a matsayin "shekaru sittin da goma; kuma idan ta hanyar ƙarfin hankali sun zama shekaru arba'in da takwas".Lincoln mai yiwuwa Lajos Kossuth ya rinjayi shi - tsohon gwamnan Hungary - wanda ya ba da jawabi a gaban Majalisar Dokokin Jihar Ohio a Fabrairu 1852: "Ruhun zamaninmu shi ne Dimokuradiyya.
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