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President ial library, down in the stacks. We are in the most secure area in our facility. This is the vaults. More thanere we keep 1600 documents written by Abraham Lincoln as well as many of the pieces he owned, objects he owned that he and directed with during his lifetime. I want to show you some books that we have in our collection that were very special to Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln whenraham he was elected president in 1860, its not as if he was entirely unknown. He was a four term member of the legislature. He had served a term in congress. He was one of the most prominent politicians from the state of illinois. In large part, that popularity was due to his very successful debates against stephen a douglas, sitting senator on the democratic side in 1858. Abraham lincoln challenged him in illinois for that senate seat. They debated. Onee hourlong public debate several ....
Learn about their history and life. We will look at highlights of some of these stops. We begin in selma, alabama. Alabama,n selma, africanamericans were denied the right to vote. There were folks throughout the south that did not want these people to have the right to vote. They can be considered second class citizens. Poll taxes would be the price you had to pay per year in order to get on the voting rolls. Say i live here in Dallas County and allke 60 dollars taxes are one dollar a year. Raise that isa 40. Thenf my 60 will go i will have 20 which i have to feed and flow my kids. There are not very many black people who will have extra money left over to pay a poll tax. On something when i have an extra dollar left over and i go down to this courthouse and i show up saying i would like to register to vote. I would go to the county registrar, have my poll tax ready. Takes my pollnel tax but he also administers a literary tax. That ....
This is all we are exploring. And so with people from different areas to gather to have onstage conversations and find out in a few of them. Hazelbaker on monday to talk about intuition with psychologist david loveman. Enjoying to talk about animal wisdom, one of those from the congo and the connector relationships and how they mirror our hours. Possibly not as a major affect on television a little later tonight. Nonetheless, will move on from there. And then in december there is also think going on. I hope you can join us from various stations of our particular journey. So, one aspect of knowledge that we want to address tonight instead of genius. Where does it spring from, what is the understanding that makes it go beyond common understanding and knowledge that we possess as a society and what better example to choose that einstein . David bodanis has just come out with a new book, biography, but he entitles it einsteins greatest mistake. If you cant imagine what that last, you will ....
I am tim mchenry. This is where, if you havent been here before we take inspiration from the traditions and bring them to you here in the foothills. And with traditions, that is what we are exploring. This whole season and the whole nature of what wisdom actually is. Is it knowledge . Insight . Is it understanding . This is what we are exploring. And so, we have people from different areas together to have conversations and find out what is wisdom from them and a few of them, awill be on monday to talk about intuition and a psychologist, ellen and actress joining isabel to talk about animal wisdom. She studies in the congo and look at their relationships and how they mirror some of ours. And probably not those that might be affected on Television Later tonight. But nonetheless we will move on from that. Common understanding and knowledge and what better example to choose then einstein. David bodanis has come out with a new book, ....
Scientists and explores his private life. Cspan denis brian, author of einstein a life, why did you devote a chapter to einsteins brain . Guest it was such shocking news when i found out that somebody had got his brain. And it was exactly what he didnt want to happen. He told everyone that he didnt want any physical part of him to remain. He didnt want any memorials made to him. He didnt want his home made into a memorial. So that when i heard somebody had his brain, and they were slicing it up to find out clues to his genius, i thought this is perhaps the worst thing that could have ever happened to this man. Cspan where is his brain . Guest several scientists have it. The man who took the brain has most of it. And a japanese scientist has some, and theres a doctor in philadelphia has other parts of it. And the conclusion is that its absolutely ridiculous to search for genius in the brain, and that all they can say about it is its remarkably healthy for a man his age. Cspan who took t ....