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Show Lincoln's Beard Result Of Little Girl's Suggestion A little girl from Westfield, N. Y., once wrote Abraham Lincoln a letter let-ter as follows: "I am a little girl, eleven years old . . . have you any little girls about as large as I am ... If you will let your whiskers grow, you would look a great deal better for your face is so thin ... I must not write any more answer this right off. Good bye. Grace Bedell." A few months later, Lincoln let his beard grow. On one of his trips he passed through Westfield and immediately sent for Grace. He thrilled her by pointing to his beard and saying: "You see I let those whiskers grow for you, Grace." |