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Conan O’Brien on the Lincolns

Significant Others

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Is Mary Todd a Great Partner?

Mary Todd Lincoln's path to greatness was to facilitate, you know, a man's becoming president. She might never have had her own individual ambition outside of being a partner. I don't think it's an accident that Lincoln marries Mary or that Mary marries Lincoln. There seems to be some kind of destiny to it.

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