Lincoln and Darwin themes "applied to Lincoln and Darwin "together"", but praised "Lander's lucid, succinct, and up-to-date accounts of the topics that he deploys to illustrate his protagonists' involvement with his three main themes." 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
The Papers of Abraham Lincoln collection of Lincoln documents, thousands of other items are located in public and private repositories around the world. Previous attempts to locate and publish Lincoln documents include Nicolay and Hay's 1905 "Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln", consisting of 12 volumes; Gilbert A. Tracy and Francis H. Allen’s 1917 "Uncollected Letters of Abraham Lincoln;" Rufus Rockwell Wilson’s 1947 "Uncollected Works of Abraham Lincoln: His Letters, Addresses and Other Papers;" and Paul Angle's 1930 "New Letters and Papers of Lincoln". In the 1930s, the Abraham Lincoln Association began collecting photostats of Lincoln documents and by 1945 began drafting plans that eventually culminated