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President Abraham Lincoln, an engraving by W. G. Jackman after a Mathew Brady photograph

Shakespeare, Lincoln, and Ambition

Source: The New York Review of Books

Abraham Lincoln once wrote, “I think nothing equals Macbeth.” Learn about how Shakespeare’s dramatic exploration of ambition may have affected how Lincoln acted on his own ambition.

This entry was posted in Absolute Power and tagged Arts & Entertainment, Historic Figures on March 1, 2020 by Mikki Gibson.

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