Lincoln
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Srvy
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Abe was a excellent Surveyor as well as I think other than George Washington our greatest President.
This is an excellent article on his Surveying days.
http://www.webmazine.org/issues/bull236 ... incoln.pdf
This below we still use today although its not common to describe a new parcel of ground from the center section as it wasn't a original Government Land Corner set by the original surveyors.
Lincoln was asked to be an arbitrator
several times. Sometimes, it required a lot
of patience. When, in a boundary dispute,
he was asked, “Where is the Center of the
Section”? He responded: “It’s where it has
always been.”
Asked by the court to render a legal
opinion on the location of the Center of the
Section January 1859, Lincoln stated: “I
think the true rule for dividing into Quarters
any interior Section, or Sections which
is not fractional, is to run straight lines
through the Section from the opposite
quarter section corners, fixing the point
where such straight lines or intersect each
other as the middle or center of the Section”
That opinion still holds true today for
land surveyors in writing legal descriptions
based on the Center of the Section
of land.
This is an excellent article on his Surveying days.
http://www.webmazine.org/issues/bull236 ... incoln.pdf
This below we still use today although its not common to describe a new parcel of ground from the center section as it wasn't a original Government Land Corner set by the original surveyors.
Lincoln was asked to be an arbitrator
several times. Sometimes, it required a lot
of patience. When, in a boundary dispute,
he was asked, “Where is the Center of the
Section”? He responded: “It’s where it has
always been.”
Asked by the court to render a legal
opinion on the location of the Center of the
Section January 1859, Lincoln stated: “I
think the true rule for dividing into Quarters
any interior Section, or Sections which
is not fractional, is to run straight lines
through the Section from the opposite
quarter section corners, fixing the point
where such straight lines or intersect each
other as the middle or center of the Section”
That opinion still holds true today for
land surveyors in writing legal descriptions
based on the Center of the Section
of land.
big lincoln fan, but dont know much about him as a 'person'.
like barney, almost choked up on watching that trailer man...
I kinda got that his voice resembled that on the disney display in disneyland LA, so the higher pitched voice was a bit new to me. of course, i cant really tell what his voice was like tho, nothing for me to refer to as evidence. im sure they studied it and all.
thank you for the trailer. Aside from this movie, i also want to watch Argo and grow a moustache.
like barney, almost choked up on watching that trailer man...
I kinda got that his voice resembled that on the disney display in disneyland LA, so the higher pitched voice was a bit new to me. of course, i cant really tell what his voice was like tho, nothing for me to refer to as evidence. im sure they studied it and all.
thank you for the trailer. Aside from this movie, i also want to watch Argo and grow a moustache.
Srvy
Well-Known Member
Yes this looks really good Like you said the voice is a lil different than any I have herd when people recreate the speeches of Abe Lincoln but DDL is trying to recreate a Midwestern accent with a twinge of yesteryear speak. If anyone can get it as close to the original Abe through what has been written of the man DDL will do it because IMHO DDL is the best actor working today.
Srvy
Well-Known Member
From the Smithsonian.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-a ... -Like.html
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-a ... -Like.html
