Lincoln and Darwin Lincoln and Darwin Lincoln and Darwin: Shared Visions of Race, Science, and Religion is a 2010 book by James Lander about the lives and views of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin. Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born on the same day, February 12, 1809. Both lost their mother at a young age and, despite their differences in upbringing, both men saw themselves as autodidacts. Lander argues that they also shared an interest in science and a skeptical approach to religion. Darwin closely followed the events of the American Civil War and wanted Lincoln and the Union to prevail, but
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln schoolboy. Among the last was a letter in which Lincoln, who had recently broken up with Mary Todd, called himself "the most miserable man living." The Papers of Abraham Lincoln is a project of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The Center for State Policy and Leadership at the University of Illinois-Springfield was a long-time co-sponsor of the project with additional funding at various times coming from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation. A number of private contributors, including