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Lincoln's Poems and Letters Revealed
As a young man in Indiana, Lincoln wrote letters and poems ridiculing people. One of these letters aroused resentments that burned for a lifetime. In 1842, he ridiculed a vain, pugnacious politician by the name of James Shields. He found out who wrote the letter,. leapt on his horse, started after Lincoln, and challenged him to duel.