Not Knowing Is Most Intimate

I love that you bring in historical sources to talk about Abraham Lincoln throughout. One of them says, the night continued dark and moonless, a storm was moving in. Another person's interpretation of the same event is the guests began to depart as the full yellow moon hung among the morning stars. You've got this very basic thing. It should not be a matter of debate about whether the moon is out or not. And yet, all throughout, you show these people who remembered this verybasic thing very differently. If we can't know if the moon is even out or not, how do we leap to much deeper and stronger conclusions based on flimsier even evidence? I just love that