Policy to lincolns economic philosophy. All right. Good evening. Good evening and welcome to lincolns cottage. Silence your phones. 20152016 cottage conversation series was made possible by David Bruce Smith and james and matthew. We invite youion, to join us downstairs for the book signing. The next conversation will be on march 3. It will discuss the life of frederick douglass. We are pleased to welcome backyearold Holzer Harold holzer. Holzer. Me back harold he is the chairman of the foundationentennial and is the coauthor of books on the civil war, as well as hundreds of articles and chapters in additional volumes. Inreceived the lincoln prize 2005 and was awarded the National Humanities medal by george bush. Bookceived a prize for his , lincoln and the power of the press. He is an onair contributor to cspan, the history channel, cbs, nbc, msnbc, and the bbc. Nkel challenge the understanding of the civil war. The book traces Economic Opportunity develop through lincolns life and ho