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
Abraham Lincoln: The Head of State had approved a location for the statue east of the Illinois Central railroad tracks and north of Van Buren Street, and the statue was unveiled on May 31, 1926. The statue's head was used for the commemorative postage stamp issued on the 100th anniversary of Lincoln's birth in 1909. Abraham Lincoln: The Head of State Abraham Lincoln: The Head of State (also called Seated Lincoln or Sitting Lincoln) is a tall bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln in Grant Park, in Chicago. Created by Augustus Saint-Gaudens and completed by his workshop in 1908, it was intended by the artist to evoke