" {When Abraham Lincoln was 26 years old in 1835, he wrote a defense of Thomas Paine's deism; a political associate, Samuel Hill, burned it to save Lincoln's political career. Historian Roy Basler, the editor of Lincoln's papers, said Paine had a strong influence on Lincoln's style:}
No other writer of the eighteenth century, with the exception of Jefferson, parallels more closely the temper or gist of Lincoln's later thought. In style, Paine above all others affords the variety of eloquence which, chastened and adapted to Lincoln's own mood, is revealed in Lincoln's formal writings. "
― , Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches And Writings
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Abraham Lincoln was 26 years old in 1835, he wrote a defense of
Thomas Paine's deism; a political associate, Samuel Hill, burned it to save
Lincoln's political career. Historian Roy Basler, the editor of
Lincoln's papers, said
Paine had a strong influence on
Lincoln's style:}
No other writer of the eighteenth century, with the exception of
Jefferson, parallels more closely the temper or gist of
Lincoln's later thought. In style,
Paine above all others affords the variety of eloquence which, chastened and adapted to
Lincoln's own mood, is revealed in
Lincoln's formal writings." style="width:100%;margin:20px 0;"/>