Good morning. Executiveormer director for thank you for joining us today. Unlike in that post until 2016. He is the author of one of the nest modern incolns sense of humor. Ladies and gentlemen, professor richard carwardine. Morning. Im going to begin with a , familiar toory some of you. The occasion was an evening banquet in illinois. The month was february. The year was 1856. The setting was a convention of republican newspaper editors of decatur. Abraham lincoln was there, and he spoke. He apologized for being an interloper, as he put it, and cast himself as the subject of a story about a man, and i quote, with features the leaders could not call handsome. Writing through the woods he met a lady on horseback. He waited for her to pass but instead she stopped and scrutinized him before saying, well, you are the homeless man i ever saw. Yes, madam, but i cant help it. No, i suppose not, said the lady, but you might stay at. [laughter] and the editor stopped life stopped life in, he sa
Had two faces, do you think i would wear this one . [laughter] michael lincolns humor was an essential component of his persona. Richard carwardine will explore with us whether his humor might also occasionally have been a handicap. Richard carwardine was handicap. Richard carwardine was educated at Corpus Christi and queens colleges oxford and at the university of california at berkeley. For three decades he taught history at the university of sheffield before being appointed rhodes professor of American History and institution at Oxford University and a fellow of Saint Catherines college. He was elected president of oxford inisti college 2010 and served in that post until 2016. He is the author of one of the finest modern biographies of the 16th president , lincoln, a life , whichse and power was awarded the lincolns prize in 2000 seven. And lincoln sense of humor a double edged sword, on which todays lecture is based. Ladies and gentlemen, professor richard carwardine. [applause] pr
Unlike winston churchill, abraham lincolns humor tended to go toward selfdeprecation. During one of the debates in illinois, the spectator shouted that lincoln was being twofaced. Twofaced, cried lincoln, if i had two faces, do you think i would wear this one . [laughter] michael lincolns humor was an essential component of his persona. Richard carwardine will explore with us whether his humor might also occasionally have been a handicap. Richard carwardine was handicap. Richard carwardine was educated at Corpus Christi and queens colleges oxford and at the university of california at berkeley. For three decades he taught history at the university of sheffield before being appointed rhodes professor of American History and institution at Oxford University and a fellow of Saint Catherines college. He was elected president of Corpus Christi College Oxford in 2010 and served in that post until 2016. He is the author of one of the finest modern biographies of the 16th president , lincoln,
Good morning. Executiveormer director for thank you for joining us today. Unlike in that post until 2016. He is the author of one of the nest modern incolns sense of humor. Ladies and gentlemen, professor richard carwardine. Morning. Im going to begin with a , familiar toory some of you. The occasion was an evening banquet in illinois. The month was february. The year was 1856. The setting was a convention of republican newspaper editors of decatur. Abraham lincoln was there, and he spoke. He apologized for being an interloper, as he put it, and cast himself as the subject of a story about a man, and i quote, with features the leaders could not call handsome. Writing through the woods he met a lady on horseback. He waited for her to pass but instead she stopped and scrutinized him before saying, well, you are the homeless man i ever saw. Yes, madam, but i cant help it. No, i suppose not, said the lady, but you might stay at. [laughter] and the editor stopped life stopped life in, he sa
Director for thank you for joining us today. Winstonhat of churchill, Abraham Lincoln pots humor tended toward selfdeprecation. Ining one of the debates illinois, the spectator shouted that lincoln was being twofaced. Twofaced, cried lincoln, if i had two bases, do you think i would wear this one . [laughter] essentialwas an component of his persona. Richard carwardine will explore with us whether his humor might also occasionally have been a handicap. Richard carwardine was educated at Corpus Christi and queens colleges oxford and at the university of california at berkeley. For three decades he taught history at the university of sheffield before being appointed roads besser of American History and institution at Oxford University and a fellow of Saint Catherines college. He was elected president of Corpus Christi college in 2010 and served in that post until 2016. He is the author of one of the finest modern biographies of the lincoln, a life , and se and power incolns sense of humo