"Having followed other trades teaches a lawyer something about human nature.

I reckon Abe wouldn't be the man he is if he had studied his books all his days." "There is another side to that," said Mr.Stanton and his precise accents and well-modulated voice seemed foreign in that homely place.
"You are also a politician, Mr.Lincoln ?" The other nodded.

"Of a kind.

I'm a strong Henry Clay man." "Well, there I oppose you.

I'm no Whig or lover of Whigs.