Unlike that of winston churchill, abraham lincolns humor tended 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] his 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 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 professor of American History and institution at Oxford University and a fellow of Saint Catherines college. He was elected president of Corpus Christi college ine au 20 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 of purpose and power, and lincolns sense of
Michael good evening and welcome. My name is michael bishop. The result of a collaboration between our society and the George Washington university, the library is the First Research facility in the Nations Capital devoted to the study of winston churchill. Here students have access to a vast range of primary and secondary materials and interactive touchscreen exhibits and soon displays of original manuscripts and artifacts. And let me take this opportunity to encourage you to join the National Churchill society by visiting our website, www. Winstonchurchill. Org. Him him a few programming notes. I hope youll return to the National Churchill Library Center on march 1 when eliot cohen will discuss his new book, him and him the big stick, the limits of soft power and the necessity of military power. And on april 26, former british secretary david away, now lord owen, who will speak about his book, cabinets finest hour, the hidden agenda of may, 1940. Churchill is claimed as the biggest l
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Members of the General Assembly, constitutional officers, justices of the supreme court, general, former governor and former first lady bashir, Lieutenant Governor coleman, we are glad you are with us tonight along with the second. [applause] first lady, thank you for all you do for our family and all kentucky families. I love you. [applause] and to all of our kentucky families watching from home, good evening everybody please be seated tonight im speaking for the House Chamber grateful for the invitation for the families and everyone has something to be excited about. Many of you are excited that i will be serving as your governor for the next four years. [applause] and the rest are excited that i am now term limited. [applause] regardless of your perspective, it does give us a chance to push politics aside and to move the commonwealth forward. Tonight i am proud to report, but thanks to the strength of our people and the redhot economy, the state of the commonwealth is stronger than
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