{"id":8946,"date":"2008-02-18T11:37:48","date_gmt":"2008-02-18T16:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/02\/18\/we-like-lawyer-lincoln\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:32","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:32","slug":"we-like-lawyer-lincoln","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/02\/18\/we-like-lawyer-lincoln\/","title":{"rendered":"we like Lawyer Lincoln"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/abeintophatG.gif\" alt=\"topHatAbe\" \/><\/font> <strong><em>W<\/em><\/strong>e are still  avoiding new lawyer-themed punditry here at <em>f\/k\/a<\/em>.  But, this <em>is <\/em>Presidents&#8217; Day, and our admiration for that lanky lawyer from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln, makes the Gang want to remind you of prior posting we&#8217;ve done about him and his attitudes toward lawyering, litigation, life, etc.  So please take a look at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/12\/a-lincolnesque-law-practice\/\">A Lincolnesque law practice?<\/a>&#8221; (Feb. 12, 2004); <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/pennyover.gif\" alt=\"penny over\" \/><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/02\/19\/lawyer-lincoln-was-a-bargain\/\">Lawyer Lincoln was a Bargain<\/a>&#8221;  (Feb. 19, 2004);<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/09\/04\/atla-lincoln-and-tort-reform\/\">ATLA, Lincoln and Tort Reform<\/a>&#8221; (September 9, 2004)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the great lord<br \/>\nforced off his horse\u2026<br \/>\ncherry blossoms <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font size=\"2\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><font face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><font face=\"Arial\"><font face=\"Arial\">. . &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. by <a href=\"http:\/\/haikuguy.com\/issa\"><font color=\"#ff0000\" face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\"><strong>Kobyashi Issa<\/strong><\/font><\/a><font face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">, translated by David G. Lanoue<br \/>\n<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/2007\/02\/12\/lincolns-message-to-lawyers-and-litigators\/\">Lincoln&#8217;s message to lawyers and litigators<\/a>&#8221; (at <em>shlep<\/em>,  Feb. 12, 2007);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/shlep\/files\/2007\/02\/AbeLincoln.jpg\" alt=\"AbeLincoln\" height=\"32\" width=\"37\" \/>   &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/02\/20\/learning-from-abes-thick-skin\/\">learning from Abe\u2019s thick skin<\/a>&#8221; (Feb. 20, 2005) &#8212;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>I<\/em><\/strong>f you&#8217;re looking for new content here at <em>f\/k\/a<\/em>, how about some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetrylives.com\/SimplyHaiku\/SHv6n1\/senryu\/senryu.html\">Sports senryu<\/a> by a pair of our Honored Guest Poets, from this newest issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetrylives.com\/SimplyHaiku\/SHv6n1\/index-issue.html\"><em>Simply Haiku<\/em><\/a> (Vol. 6 no. 1, Spring 2008):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>AM radio dial \u2014   <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/01\/baseballG.gif\" alt=\"baseballG\" height=\"35\" width=\"45\" \/><br \/>\nlights up with the roar<br \/>\nof a ball game<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>on seventeen he<br \/>\nhits the sand he hits the sand<br \/>\nhe hits he hits hits\u2026.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/barry-george-archive\/\">Barry George<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;on seventeen&#8221; from <em>Modern Haiku<\/em> 36:3<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>last second field goal&#8230;<br \/>\nfor the fifth straight week<br \/>\nmy bookie wins<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>up from Pawtucket<br \/>\nhis error in slow-mo<br \/>\non the centerfield scoreboard<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>after confession  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/01\/baseballG.gif\" alt=\"baseballG\" height=\"35\" width=\"45\" \/><br \/>\nfather shows us<br \/>\nhow to throw a spitter<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/ed-markowski-archive-part-ii\/\">Ed Markowski <\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are still avoiding new lawyer-themed punditry here at f\/k\/a. 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