Lincoln

English visitor (after Lincoln apologizes for the condition of his boots): "Why, sir, in England a gentleman never blacks his own boots."

Lincoln: "Indeed. Whose does he black?"

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Read Scott McLemee's profile of me at InsideHigherEd.com and Maureen Corrigan's review on NPR's "Fresh Air." Listen to a radio interview with Christopher Lydon. Here's an online symposium on What Are Intellectuals Good For? at Crooked Timber. And here's another profile of me at Times Higher Education.

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