It’s curious that we’ve taken to calling the section of a book where the author expresses gratitude the “acknowledgments.” Strictly speaking, an “acknowledgment” is not a statement of thanks but an acceptance of the truthfulness of something.
But Diana Schaub understands the importance of word choice. So, it’s not surprising that she opens the acknowledgments of "His Greatest Speeches: How Lincoln Moved The Nation" with a statement worthy of the name. “There is no one who walked the earth with the sole exception of Jesus,” she notes, “who is more written about than Abraham Lincoln.”
