Thought to be Lincoln's last beardless portrait. c. 1960
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- Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in. That every man may receive at least a moderate education, and thereby be enabled to read the histories of his own and other countries, by which he may duly appreciate the value of our free institutions, appears to be an object of vital importance...
- Abraham Lincoln: Address Delivered in Candidacy for the State Legislature (9 March 1832).
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