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Psalm 52 concerns a lying tyrant and God's impending judgment. Mary Sidney, who lived 1561-1621, was an extraordinary writer, editor, and literary patron. Like many talented writers of her time, she translated all the psalms. Here we talk about translation, early modern women's writing, religious engagements with politics, and the power of Psalm 52. For more on Mary Sidney, see The Poetry Foundation page: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/mary-sidney-herbert For the Geneva translation of Psalm 52, which Mary Sidney would have known, see here: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%2052&version=GNV For a new collection of English translations of the psalms in the early modern era, see The Psalms in English 1530-1633 (Tudor and Stuart Translations) (https://a.co/d/6lKqKPS), edited by Hannibal Hamlin. Psalm 52 translated by Mary Sidney Tyrant, why swell'st thou thus,  Of mischief vaunting? Since help from God to us  Is never wanting. Lewd lies thy tongue contrives,  Loud lies it soundeth; Sharper than sharpest knives  With lies it woundeth. Falsehood thy wit approves,  All truth rejected: Thy will all vices loves,  Virtue neglected. Not words from cursed thee,  But gulfs are poured; Gulfs wherein daily be  Good men devoured. Think'st thou to bear it so?  God shall displace thee; God shall thee overthrow,  Crush thee, deface thee. The just shall fearing see  These fearful chances, And laughing shoot at thee  With scornful glances. Lo, lo, the wretched wight,  Who God disdaining, His mischief made his might,  His guard his gaining. I as an olive tree  Still green shall flourish: God's house the soil shall be  My roots to nourish. My trust in his true love  Truly attending, Shall never thence remove,  Never see ending. Thee will I honour still,  Lord, for this justice; There fix my hopes I will  Where thy saints' trust is. Thy saints trust in thy name,  Therein they joy them: Protected by the same,  Naught can annoy them.

We're not just talking about losers anymore! This episode, join amateur historian Thom Woodley on a tour through the vice presidents of history - those mediocre, second-rate men who were a heartbeat away from the presidency. Those who never served as Commander in Chief (or who were nominated as candidate of one of the major parties) gets discussed today - and rated! (Please forgive the audio quality on this one - I was without my pop filter and you can hear every single 'p' nice and close!) I discuss in this episode: George Clinton, Elbridge Gerry, Daniel Tompkins, John Calhoun, Richard Mentor Johnson, George Dallas, William Rufus Devane King, Hannibal Hamlin, Schuyler Colfax, Henry Welson, William Wheeler, Thomas Hendricks, Levi Morton, Adlai Stevenson I, Garrett Hobart, Charles Fairbanks, James Sherman, Thomas Marshall, Charles Dawes, Charles Curtis, John Nance Garner, Alben Barkley, Spiro Agnew, Dan Quayle, Dick Cheney and Mike Pence! (And special mention goes to some interesting THIRD-place runner ups, like David Rice Atchison, John Hay, Samuel Southard and more)... (Tertiary special mention goes to some interesting loser veep candidates - like Sarah Palin, Thomas Eagleton and Curtis Lemay, among some dubious others...)

Jack Furniss, historian of Civil War era party politics, discusses why Maine Republican Hannibal Hamlin made an attractive vice president for Abraham Lincoln in 1860, why he was dropped from the ticket in 1864, and what a Hamlin administration might have looked like.

1. TELEVISION: What is the name of Samantha's mother in the “Bewitched” comedy series? 2. MOVIES: What is the name of the shark-hunting boat in the film “Jaws”? 3. SCIENCE: What is the most lethal consumed plant in the world? 4. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a female goat called? 5. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who served as vice president in Abraham Lincoln's first term as president? 6. FOOD & DRINK: What kind of alcohol is traditionally used in a drink called a sidecar? Answers1. Endora.2. The Orca.3. Tobacco.4. A doe or nanny.5. Hannibal Hamlin.6. Brandy.Article Link

In Episode 268, Jeff Belanger and Ray Auger explore the Bangor Public Library in Maine, in search of a couch where former Vice President Hannibal Hamlin drew his last breath. The couch has become a macabre attraction in the library due to its connection with presidential royalty… but you can't sit on it! What happened? And how did it get here?

The final VP Candidate was not super remarkable but um... He's got a weird name as well as a WEIRD birth story so it's interesting how he was still kinda basic.

IN THIS REPEAT: An interview about the upcoming (September 2022) Inkling-Plus event in Montreat, NC. NOTE - the dates are revised! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PLEASE NOTE - The dates for this event are REVISED! The Presbyterian Heritage Center (PHC) is hosting another great event related to C.S. Lewis. Their Inkling-Plus Premiere Global Conference is called "From Shakespeare to the Inklings: The Bible's Impact on Creative Imagination." It will be held at the Montreat Conference Center from Wednesday, September 7th to Friday, September 9th. This podcast interview is with Ron Vinson, who is the Executive Director of the PHC. Speakers at the event are Harry (Hal) Poe, Crystal Downing, David Downing, Diana Glyer, Don King, Hannibal Hamlin, Tim Ternes, Sorina Higgins, Sarah Waters, and Michael Morgan. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit From Shakespeare to the Inklings Event Page Visit the Presbyterian Heritage Center Main Page Visit the Registration Page for the Event Watch William O'Flaherty's Interview with Douglas Gresham (from 2019 event) Listen to Part TWO of Male Panel Discussion from 2019 Event (it has a link to pt. 1) Listen to Other Interviews with Don King Listen to Other Interviews with Diana Glyer Listen to Other Interviews with Sørina Higgins Listen to Other Interviews with David or Crystal Downing Listen to Other Interviews with Sarah Waters Listen to Other Interviews with Hal Poe  Knowing and Understanding C.S. Lewis YouTube CHANNEL  Listen to All About Jack on iTunes Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com Visit EssentialCSLewis.com Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis

IN THIS REPEAT: An interview about the upcoming (March 2022) Inkling-Plus event in Montreat, NC.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Presbyterian Heritage Center (PHC) is hosting another great event related to C.S. Lewis. Their Inkling-Plus Premiere Global Conference is called "From Shakespeare to the Inklings: The Bible's Impact on Creative Imagination." It will be held at the Montreat Conference Center from Wednesday, March 16th to Friday, March 18th. This podcast interview is with Ron Vinson, who is the Executive Director of the PHC. Speakers at the event are Harry (Hal) Poe, Crystal Downing, David Downing, Diana Glyer, Don King, Hannibal Hamlin, Tim Ternes, Sorina Higgins, Sarah Waters, and Michael Morgan. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit From Shakespeare to the Inklings Event Page Visit the Presbyterian Heritage Center Main Page Visit the Registration Page for the Event Watch William O'Flaherty's Interview with Douglas Gresham (from 2019 event) Listen to Part TWO of Male Panel Discussion from 2019 Event (it has a link to pt. 1) Listen to Other Interviews with Don King Listen to Other Interviews with Diana Glyer Listen to Other Interviews with Sørina Higgins Listen to Other Interviews with David or Crystal Downing Listen to Other Interviews with Sarah Waters Listen to Other Interviews with Hal Poe  Listen to All About Jack on iTunes Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com Visit EssentialCSLewis.com Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 181, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Car Talk 1: (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):"(Hi, I'm Jay Leno) Car buffs like me know in starting some classic cars you pull out the choke to constrict airflow to this part". Carburetor. 2: It's the "A" in ABS, which is designed to keep you from hitting the skids. Anti(-lock Brake System). 3: When fixing cars, "R and R" means remove and do this to an auto part. restore (or replace or repair). 4: When a car has been "chopped", this part of it has been lowered. the top. 5: Since 1927 Prestone has been making this for temperature-challenged engine parts. anti-freeze. Round 2. Category: The Veep 1: This vice president studied law at the University of Baltimore; in 1974, he was disbarred. Spiro Agnew. 2: He was Vice President under Dwight Eisenhower. Nixon. 3: Thomas Jefferson's first vice president, he was the grandson of famed theologian Jonathan Edwards. Aaron Burr. 4: In 1864 he was dropped from the Republican ticket and then served briefly as collector of the port of Boston. Hannibal Hamlin. 5: He was the eighth U.S. vice president and the eighth U.S. president. Van Buren. Round 3. Category: Science And Tech Digest: 1885 1: Developed by British inventor John Starley, the safety bicycle features these of equal size. wheels. 2: Anthropologist Francis Galton notes the uniqueness of these for every individual, a help to police. fingerprints. 3: Designed by William L. Jenney, the first of these buildings, the 10-story Home Insurance Co., goes up in Chicago. skyscrapers. 4: German engineer Carl Friedrich Benz develops the first working one of these powered by a gasoline engine. automobile. 5: American electrical engineer William Stanley invents this device for changing energy from AC to DC. transformer. Round 4. Category: Films Of The '90s 1: Meryl Streep as an Iowa farm wife finds a once-in-a-lifetime love with Clint Eastwood in this 1995 film. The Bridges of Madison County. 2: He starred as Quigley in "Quigley Down Under". Tom Selleck. 3: In this 1991 satire, Sally Field played the star of a daytime serial, "The Sun Also Sets". Soapdish. 4: Title Kansas City couple played by Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in a 1990 film. "Mr. And Mrs. Bridge". 5: In 1992 she starred in "Singles" and "Single White Female". Bridget Fonda. Round 5. Category: Diamonds Are Forever 1: Under intense heat and in the presence of oxygen, a diamond will burn and form this gas. carbon dioxide. 2: If you were born in this month, the diamond is your traditional birthstone -- no foolin'. April. 3: Stolen in 1792 but later recovered, the Regent Diamond is on display in this French museum. The Louvre. 4: Bo Derek probably knows diamonds rate this on the Mohs scale, which measures hardness. 10. 5: Carol Channing introduced the song "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" in this Broadway musical in 1949. "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes". Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

This Bibliophile Donated Thousands Of Books To The Library Of Congress And Served As Vice President! Welcome to August 9th, 2021 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate leaders who make a contribution for better or worse. Julius Caesar made many important contributions to Western civilization. But he also set the world of books back by thousands of years. During his siege of Alexandria, he accidentally set fire to the world's largest library. Another historical figure is at the opposite end of the bibliophile spectrum: Thomas Jefferson. When the United States Library of Congress was burned in 1814, thousands of books were lost, but Thomas Jefferson came to the rescue, providing 6,000 of his own to rebuild the library. And since then, it's grown to be the largest in the world with more than 38 million volumes, not to mention all the photographs, maps, music, and special collections. On National Book Lovers Day, celebrate your own collection by cracking open a good page turner. Daniel Tompkins, George Dallas, Hannibal Hamlin.  You may have never heard of these men, but at one time they each held the office of Vice President of the United States.  In modern times, when you vote for a President, the Veep is part of the package, but originally things were quite different.  In our country's early years, the office went to whomever finished with the second most electoral votes.  That was until the election of 1800, when Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied for second place. The messy outcome led to the passage of the 12th Amendment, which changed the system of voting at the time. Many of our Vice Presidents may have slipped into obscurity but on National Veep Day we celebrate the important office that can strongly affect a presidency.    I'm Anna Devere and I'm Marlo Anderson.  Thanks for joining us as we Celebrate Every Day.

IN THIS REPEAT: An interview about the upcoming (March 2022) Inkling-Plus event in Montreat, NC.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Presbyterian Heritage Center (PHC) is hosting another great event related to C.S. Lewis. Their Inkling-Plus Premiere Global Conference is called "From Shakespeare to the Inklings: The Bible's Impact on Creative Imagination." It will be held at the Montreat Conference Center from Wednesday, March 16th to Friday, March 18th. This podcast interview is with Ron Vinson, who is the Executive Director of the PHC. Speakers at the event are Harry (Hal) Poe, Crystal Downing, David Downing, Diana Glyer, Don King, Hannibal Hamlin, Tim Ternes, Sorina Higgins, Sarah Waters, and Michael Morgan. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit From Shakespeare to the Inklings Event Page Visit the Presbyterian Heritage Center Main Page Visit the Registration Page for the Event Watch William O'Flaherty's Interview with Douglas Gresham (from 2019 event) Listen to Part TWO of Male Panel Discussion from 2019 Event (it has a link to pt. 1) Listen to Other Interviews with Don King Listen to Other Interviews with Diana Glyer Listen to Other Interviews with Sørina Higgins Listen to Other Interviews with David or Crystal Downing Listen to Other Interviews with Sarah Waters Listen to Other Interviews with Hal Poe  Listen to All About Jack on iTunes Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com Visit EssentialCSLewis.com Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis

The Presbyterian Heritage Center (PHC) is hosting another great event related to C.S. Lewis. Their Inkling-Plus Premiere Global Conference is called "From Shakespeare to the Inklings: The Bible's Impact on Creative Imagination." It will be held at the Montreat Conference Center from Wednesday, March 16th to Friday, March 18th. This podcast interview is with Ron Vinson, who is the Executive Director of the PHC. Speakers at the event are Harry (Hal) Poe, Crystal Downing, David Downing, Diana Glyer, Don King, Hannibal Hamlin, Tim Ternes, Sorina Higgins, Sarah Waters, and Michael Morgan. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit From Shakespeare to the Inklings Event Page Visit the Presbyterian Heritage Center Main Page Visit the Registration Page for the Event Watch William O'Flaherty's Interview with Douglas Gresham (from 2019 event) Listen to Part TWO of Male Panel Discussion from 2019 Event (it has a link to pt. 1) Listen to Other Interviews with Don King Listen to Other Interviews with Diana Glyer Listen to Other Interviews with Sørina Higgins Listen to Other Interviews with David or Crystal Downing Listen to Other Interviews with Sarah Waters Listen to Other Interviews with Hal Poe  Listen to All About Jack on iTunes Purchase C.S. Lewis Goes to Hell Visit ScrewtapeCompanion.com Visit EssentialCSLewis.com Purchase The Misquotable C.S. Lewis

Known for being Lincoln's first VP and dropped from the ticket, Hamlin was actually as well-known as the President he served under. He was a fighter against the expansion of slavery and an important Senator. It was not out of the question that Hamilin could have been in Lincoln's spot. History has forgotten, but we'll give him a few words in this look at Vice Presidents this summer.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Photo: "Free territory for a free people"            A proof, printed on paper, for a small campaign badge or banner for 1860 Republican candidates Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin. The badge has interesting similarities to "Lincoln and Hamlin" (no. 1860-10), featuring oval bust portraits of the two candidates surmounted by an eagle emanating rays of light and stars. Here the eagle spreads its wings and clutches arrows and an olive branch in his talons. Below the eagle is an olive branch. Directly above the portraits is a streamer with the motto: "Free Territory for a Free People."  Between the portraits is a landscape with a rail fence with a break in the center. Below, an olive and an oak branch join..CBS Eye on the World with John BatchelorCBS Audio Network@BatchelorshowJohn Tamny #Unbound. The complete, forty-minute interview. March 28, 2021. When Politicians Panicked: The New Coronavirus, Expert Opinion, and a Tragic Lapse of Reason. Hardcover – March 30, 2021 by John Tamny  (Author), George Gilder (Foreword) https://www.amazon.com/When-Politicians-Panicked-Coronavirus-Opinion/dp/1642938378/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=When Politicians Panicked tells the tragic story of how, in response to a spreading virus, global politicians mindlessly pursued economic desperation, starvation, and death as the cure.The global economy was booming as 2020 dawned but, within a few short months, wreckage, death, and desperation born of economic contraction were the new normal. What happened? In When Politicians Panicked, the economic commentator John Tamny tells the heart-wrenching story of a time when politicians were tragically relieved of basic common sense in their response to the new coronavirus. In March of 2020, the virus quickly became a major news item as political panic about it traveled around the world. Even though anecdotal and market-based evidence from the virus's epicenter indicated very low lethality, politicians quickly imposed economy-crushing lockdowns on the rather specious assumption that unemployment, bankruptcy, and starvation would somehow halt the virus's spread. Tamny methodically dismantles the political consensus by showing how economic growth has long been the first and last answer to death and disease. He then shows how politicians, having mindlessly crushed a growing economy, proceeded to double down on their mistakes by throwing taxpayer money at their shocking errors. Throughout When Politicians Panicked, Tamny makes a relentless case that free people don't just produce the wealth that renders today's killers yesterday's news. They also produce crucial information about health threats that shines a light on that which threatens us. Lockdowns suffocate economic progress, but they also blind us to how we can progress—as Tamny makes plain in what will go down as an essential history for anyone seeking to understand the coronavirus panic of 2020

Photo: Free territory for a free peopleA proof, printed on paper, for a small campaign badge or banner for 1860 Republican candidates Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin. The badge has interesting similarities to "Lincoln and Hamlin" (no. 1860-10), featuring oval bust portraits of the two candidates surmounted by an eagle emanating rays of light and stars. Here the eagle spreads its wings and clutches arrows and an olive branch in his talons. Below the eagle is an olive branch. Directly above the portraits is a streamer with the motto: "Free Territory for a Free People."  Between the portraits is a landscape with a rail fence with a break in the center. Below, an olive and an oak branch join.Engraved by J.D. Lovett N.Y.CBS Eye on the World with John BatchelorCBS Audio Network@BatchelorshowJohn Tamny #Unbound. The complete, forty-minute interview. March 28, 2021. When Politicians Panicked: The New Coronavirus, Expert Opinion, and a Tragic Lapse of Reason. Hardcover – March 30, 2021 by John Tamny  (Author), George Gilder (Foreword) https://www.amazon.com/When-Politicians-Panicked-Coronavirus-Opinion/dp/1642938378/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=When Politicians Panicked tells the tragic story of how, in response to a spreading virus, global politicians mindlessly pursued economic desperation, starvation, and death as the cure.The global economy was booming as 2020 dawned but, within a few short months, wreckage, death, and desperation born of economic contraction were the new normal. What happened? In When Politicians Panicked, the economic commentator John Tamny tells the heart-wrenching story of a time when politicians were tragically relieved of basic common sense in their response to the new coronavirus. In March of 2020, the virus quickly became a major news item as political panic about it traveled around the world. Even though anecdotal and market-based evidence from the virus's epicenter indicated very low lethality, politicians quickly imposed economy-crushing lockdowns on the rather specious assumption that unemployment, bankruptcy, and starvation would somehow halt the virus's spread. Tamny methodically dismantles the political consensus by showing how economic growth has long been the first and last answer to death and disease. He then shows how politicians, having mindlessly crushed a growing economy, proceeded to double down on their mistakes by throwing taxpayer money at their shocking errors. Throughout When Politicians Panicked, Tamny makes a relentless case that free people don't just produce the wealth that renders today's killers yesterday's news. They also produce crucial information about health threats that shines a light on that which threatens us. Lockdowns suffocate economic progress, but they also blind us to how we can progress—as Tamny makes plain in what will go down as an essential history for anyone seeking to understand the coronavirus panic of 2020...  ..  ..  

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 94, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Diamondbacks 1: The method of telling a diamondback snake's age by counting segments of this is not always reliable. rattles. 2: Like most boas, diamondback snakes are viviparous, which means this. they give birth to live young. 3: Of 8, 16 or 28, the length in feet of the longest diamondback ever recorded (not counting Randy Johnson). 8 feet. 4: Slither on over to Sweetwater in this large state for its annual roundup of diamondbacks. Texas. 5: The diamondback belongs to this subfamily marked by sensitive receptors between each eye and nostril. pit vipers. Round 2. Category: He's My Vice President! 1: Schuyler Colfax. Ulysses S. Grant. 2: Nelson A. Rockefeller. Gerald Ford. 3: Hubert H. Humphrey. Lyndon Johnson. 4: Calvin Coolidge. Warren G. Harding. 5: Hannibal Hamlin. Abraham Lincoln. Round 3. Category: College Football Coaches 1: Tom Osborne won 255 games at this univ. and 3 elections to congress from the state (you win 255 games and you'll get elected, too). Nebraska. 2: The eyes of this university are upon Mack Brown and have seen him win more than 150 games. Texas. 3: Knute Rockne lost just 12, but won one for the Gipper and 104 more at this schooi. Notre Dame. 4: Knute Rockne lost just 12, but won one for the Gipper and 104 more at this schooi. Notre Dame. 5: On August 28, 1999 he began his 34th season as Penn State head coach by defeating Arizona, 41-7. Joe Paterno. Round 4. Category: European Vacation 1: While in Rome, it's possible to stand with one foot in each of these countries. Italy and Vatican City. 2: Landmark from which you can see the following views: [1] [2] [3] [4]. the Eiffel Tower. 3: In this Czech capital, you can visit a home where Mozart composed part of "Don Giovanni". Prague. 4: To see his "Night Watch", head to the top floor of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Rembrandt. 5: While Mom's at Christiansborg Palace in this city, Dad may head down the street to the Erotic Museum. Copenhagen. Round 5. Category: Like A Rolling Stone 1: After this archaeologist dodged a boulder in a 1981 flick, Belloq took from him everything he could steal. Indiana Jones. 2: "Once upon a time" this king of Corinth was sent to Tartarus and had problems with a mobile rock. Sisyphus. 3: The Skipper on "Gilligan's Island" probably knows that another name for this small fish is the stone roller; didn't you?. a minnow. 4: The "tears" of this Hawaiian volcano goddess are actually bits of flung molten rock with no direction home. Pele. 5: You got nothin' to lose in this game with 15 white and black "stones" that mercifully end up on the bar after being "hit". backgammon. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!

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Barack Obama has often been compared to Abraham Lincoln. So, was Joe Biden more like Lincoln's first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin, or his second, Andrew Johnson? Find out in this special episode of the podcast featuring an interview with Dr. Thomas J. Balcerski, who is an American history professor and the author of Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King. Purchase Dr. Balcerski's book: https://www.amazon.com/Bosom-Friends-Intimate-Buchanan-William/dp/0190914599 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/numberone/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/numberone/support

We are excited to welcome back Murphy Brown writer-producer Russ Woody (“Cybill” “Becker” “The Middle”)writer of our next episode “Here’s To You Mrs. Kinsella” as well as Season One's' “Kyle, “It’s How You Play The Game,” and many more! Just in time for “The Good Place” finale this week, Russ is talking about his new book “Tuesdays with Ted” (available wherever you buy books and ebooks or www.RussWoody.com). “An uplifting, heartbreaking, occasionally funny story about an old man with ALS, a sitcom, its star and just enough time to say good-bye,” Russ tells the gals stories from the book about his father, Ted Danson and much more, including a funny story about Candice Bergen and the book! But first, we get an update on Russ’s project about Abraham Lincoln’s first vice president, Hannibal Hamlin. Follow Russ on Instagram @ RussTWoody and join our Patreon with a one time or monthly donation for extended moments, including more on Lincoln and Hamlin! www.murphybrownpod.com/donate

When a great national battle was on, Hamlin made his voice clear, taking on slavery, the slave power and Jefferson Davis himself.     So much so, he attracted the attention of a young congressman who would become his Commander in Chief.  When his name was added to the ticket in 1860, Hannibal Hamlin's Lincoln's first vice-president was pleased to see a supportive sign that combined the two names of the candidates and read "AbraHamlinColn."  The campaign sign however, would not reflect the relationship between Hamlin and the nation's most revered President that he served under.  Hamlin was not often consulted by Lincoln.   Nor would it reflect the accomplishment of a long-serving Senator who was a key fighter against slavery in the United States.  

In this episode, author and speaker Dennis Mansfield continues his lesson on the DISC assessment, provides tips on how to make the most of your hometown history through "staycations," and talks a Brown Signs visit to Plains, Georgia (featuring a peanut with teeth!). In the final segment, Dennis talks about Vice President Hannibal Hamlin - a man who nearly became President without even knowing it. To see Dennis and Ken's Brown Sign Brothers from Boise videos, text "Brown Sign Bros" to 72000. For more information about Dennis' books and coaching, visit DennisMansfield.com.

King James Bible: Background, Creation & Influence Smithsonian Associates, Interview Series Our interview with Steven Galbraith and Hannibal Hamlin, who, together, both will provide us a fascinating overview of the dramatic history of English Bible translation, the reformers who shaped the bible, despite opposition from the Church, and the Bible's significant political influence. The King James Bible of 1611 is one of the most influential books in the English language. The creation of this landmark translation was the culmination of a long and often unquiet history of the Bible in English dating back as far as 1000 A.D., when portions of the Bible appeared in Old English. It built upon the struggles of religious reformers who risked their lives by committing the “heresy” of translating the Bible into English. It borrowed freely from the labors of scholars tasked with new translations once the religious and political tides had changed. The men chosen to work on the King James Bible revised the translations of their predecessors with no idea of how influential and pervasive their results would be even four centuries later. For tickets and more information, please click HERE> https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/the-king-james-bible-its-background-creation-and-influence

No conversation about Abraham Lincoln would be complete without talking about Hannibal Hamlin! ______ Unless you’re from Maine, you probably didn’t hear too much in your history class about Abraham Lincoln’s first Vice President. Hannibal Hamlin came from a distinguished New England family and stood firm against the expansion of slavery in the territories. It only made sense for a Midwestern Republican like Lincoln to join forces with a New Englander (after all, the Republicans weren’t going to get very much support from the South in 1860). And, what caused him not to serve as Lincoln’s running mate four years later? So, why don’t we hear very much about Hamlin? After all, he only missed the Presidency by a few weeks. In this episode we discuss:  *Hamlin’s New England Upbringing *His Kids Were Cousins (Yeah, it’s totally legit, too) *His Role in Maine Politics *The Example He Sought to Set by Going to War While He Was Vice President ___________________________ Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out!  ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram ________________________ Get a free month of Audible and a free audiobook to keep at ElectionCollege.com/Audible ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music ________________________ Some links in these show notes are affiliate links that could monetarily benefit Election College, but cost you nothing extra.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Until this point, the states that seceded from the Union had been perhaps more diplomatic when it came to their Ordinances of Secession, passing sweeping statements rather than commentaries on the current political climate or tensions that had arose with the election of 1860. Though the undertones were there, the closest mention even to slavery was the term “Property” used two days prior when Mississippi declared its own intention to withdraw from the United States. Then, on January 11th, 1861 Alabama became the fourth State to declare itself free of the Constitution and the authority of the Federal Government in Washington D.C.. The language was plain, and without any pretexts, as it declared: Whereas, the election of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin to the offices of president and vice-president of the United States of America, by a sectional party, avowedly hostile to the domestic institutions and to the peace and security of the people of the State of Alabama, preceded by many and dangerous infractions of the constitution of the United States by many of the States and people of the Northern section, is a political wrong of so insulting and menacing a character as to justify the people of the State of Alabama in the adoption of prompt and decided measures for their future peace and security… In their mind Abraham Lincoln would never be their President, nor would they recognize the authority of a regional Northern Government under Lincoln and Maine Senator turned Vice President-Elect Hannibal Hamlin. They would not respect that authority, nor would they abide by the peaceful transition of power that had been a hallmark of the American republican democracy since the nations inception. No, this election challenged the institution on which the economy of the State of Alabama was built on. Of the over 964,000 people who resided in the state, just over 435,000 were slaves. It drove the prosperity of the state, and to the slaveholding population of the state, it was not just an economic institution, but as the newspapers in the state would also declare, a religious one as well. The truth was there was little question that Alabama would leave the Union. In February of the year prior the State Legislature had passed legislation requiring the state to elect delegates to a secessionist convention if a “Black Republican” were to win the Presidency. In December those elections were called by Governor Andrew Moore, and the convention was set for January 7th. Moore though had already begun to make moves before the Secessionist Convention even met. Anticipating the state’s desire to leave, he would order troops to seize Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan on Mobile Bay as well as the Arsenal at Mount Vernon as early as the 3rd and the 4th of January. Under his orders 500 Alabama Troops marched to Florida to assist Governor Madison Perry take the Fort at Pensacola, even as the fellow slaveholding state prepared to leave the Union. Not only did they declare that they wished to meet with other slave states to form a new confederacy, but they also acted on it, taking hardline steps to not only chase the Union from their state, to decrease their financial reliance on the North and ensure their own stability during this unstable time, but also to assist their neighbors in this cause. Even as the fourth of the original six founding states of the Confederate States of America severed its bonds in open defiance to the United States, it wouldn’t be long before the new rebel nation would be formed. Though Richmond would eventually become the Capital, in those early days Montgomery would serve as the first capital of the CSA. Moore would be an influential player, tirelessly working to ensure the election of Jefferson Davis as the first President. Though some would argue for cooler heads to prevail, and for compromise to be struck, it was too late, and Alabama, swayed too heavily by the cause of slavery would not hear it. Still, at least some would remain loyal to the Union, with the 1st Alabama Calvary choosing to place first the United States, over its loyalty to that of its state. It would be at least one sign of the depth of the divide in the nation that would pit brother against brother and neighbor against neighbor as the blood of its people stained the soil, and the soul, of the nation.

Unless you’re from Maine, you probably didn’t hear too much in your history class about Abraham Lincoln’s first Vice President. Hannibal Hamlin came from a distinguished New England family and stood firm against the expansion of slavery in the territories. It only made sense for a Midwestern Republican like Lincoln to join forces with a New Englander (after all, the Republicans weren’t going to get very much support from the South in 1860). And, what caused him not to serve as Lincoln’s running mate four years later? So, why don’t we hear very much about Hamlin? After all, he only missed the Presidency by a few weeks. In this episode we discuss:  *Hamlin’s New England Upbringing *His Kids Were Cousins (Yeah, it’s totally legit, too) *His Role in Maine Politics *The Example He Sought to Set by Going to War While He Was Vice President _______________ We recorded an audiobook! It’s about the letters between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr before their fateful duel. Get it for free with a 30 day Audible trial at ElectionCollege.com/DuelingLetters or get it for only $3.99 with your Audible subscription! ___________________________ Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out!  ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram ________________________ Get a free month of Audible and a free audiobook to keep at ElectionCollege.com/Audible ________________________ Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music ________________________ Some links in these show notes are affiliate links that could monetarily benefit Election College, but cost you nothing extra.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are still a lot of people who don't like Abraham Lincoln. But he still wins. Join us as we discuss... Hannibal Hamlin getting out of politics, dissension within the party system grows, Lincoln's doubts about his own chances at reelection, the election of Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, and more! ______________________________   Support the show! Use this link to do your shopping on Amazon. It won't cost you a penny more and it will help us out!  ElectionCollege.com/Amazon ________________________ Be sure to subscribe to the show! Leave us a review on iTunes - It really helps us out! Facebook  |  Twitter  | Instagram ________________________ Election College is recorded using Audacity and produced with help from the BossJock for iPad App. ________________________ Get a free month of Audible and a free audiobook to keep at ElectionCollege.com/Audible ________________________ Get $10 free from Canva at ElectionCollege.com/Canva! ________________________ Make sure you sign up for our newsletter for news, resources, freebies, and more! ElectionCollege.com/Newsletter ________________________  Music from: http://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music ________________________ Some links in these show notes are affiliate links that could monetarily benefit Election College, but cost you nothing extra. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's a quick question that will make you wonder: which son of Maine has affected more lives upon the planet than any other? Seems like a silly idea, really, perhaps because there is no real way to answer such a subjective question. In the arts we have Stephen King, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Edwin Arlington Robinson. In sports we have Louis Sockalexis, Cindy Blodgett, and Joan Benoit. Our political influence includes Lincoln's first vice-president, Hannibal Hamlin, the hero of Little Round Top, Joshua Chamberlain, and Margaret Chase Smith. For inventors, though, I believe there is a clear choice. Yes, Milton Bradley was born in Vienna, Maine. He invented games we still play and was the first person to print kindergarten materials in the country. Yes, we have Chester Greenwood, our beloved inventor of the earmuff. We even have Alvin Lombard, who invented the rolling track we see on snowmobiles and tanks. Of course, we can't forget L.L. Bean, the fellow who finally invented a waterproof boot. But to say that any of these inventors' creations changed the world for the majority of humans on the planet might be forcing the issue. There is one man, however, whose life changed the world for almost everyone. His contribution impacted peoples' lives so intensely, so devastatingly, that many will never be able to forget, or even to forgive him. His name is Hiram Maxim. During his time on earth he was responsible for 221 patents. Named a knight by by Queen Victoria and knighted by King Edward, he was known to royalty and world leaders. H.G. Wells was a great personal friend. He knew and spent time with the Wright Brothers. His patents include curling irons, amusement park rides, steam pumps, light bulbs and flying machines - all fairly important and mostly benign inventions, making the world a better place. So what on earth could this inventor from Sangerville, Maine have created that links him so inextricably with human suffering and bloody death? The same invention that links him inextricably with national defense and sovereignty. Hiram Maxim is the inventor of the first portable, fully automatic, self-loading and self-firing machine gun. How a poor boy from the wilds of Maine could have invented such a device and how he rose to such prominence is a fascinating tale, a true Horatio Alger story. Born in a humble shack by the side of the road near a brook at Brockway's Mills, Maine,  Hiram began life as the son of a poor farmer and found as he grew that he was good at working with his hands, tinkering and making things work. Born in 1840, he and his brother Hudson lived in the wilds of the northern woods and found that hunting, fishing and farming were his main interests as he grew. There wasn't much else to do. He was adept with his hands and the use of tools. One day, he and his brother stood on a boulder on the edge of the family farm in Sangerville and each vowed that one day, they would be successful and wealthy men, a vow that ultimately saw fruition. At fourteen, he apprenticed out to a carriage-maker in East Corinth and was a handy hand at small boat-building. He invented a new mousetrap that kept the grist mill in Abbott free from vermin. But was too humble and quiet a place for his roaming mind and he left it to move to Fitchburg, Massachusetts to work at his uncle's machine works. During his time in there, he found work as a draftsman and an instrument maker and it seemed that nothing he put his mind to eluded him. He disliked working with others and found solace only in situations where he was ultimately in charge. When the Civil War broke out, Hiram refused to enlist. He would not become involved in that conflagration for moral reasons. He did not believe in war as a way to solve humanity's problems.  How strange that in years to come,  in the war to end all wars, his contribution would lead to more casualties than any other human on the planet. His brother Hudson Maxim was a skilled inventor in his own right, but his specialty was explosives and he put his considerable talent to the task of solving one of the most perplexing problems of modern war. At the time, gunpowder produced a cloud of impenetrable white on the battlefield and very soon after the firing commenced, confusion ensued. Soldiers could barely see the person next to them, let alone the enemy a hundred yards away. The gunpowder also left heavy residue that could gum up the workings of the mechanism. The government was eager to find a replacement for the old recipe for gunpowder, one that would give them the advantage on any battlefield. Hudson delivered and we do not know how much he was assisted by his brother Hiram, but there was a major falling out between them over the patent. Hudson had the greater knowledge when it came to chemicals and ordinance, but when the patent was applied for from the patent office, the applicant only wrote the name "H. Maxim" was on the form. Hiram claimed smokeless powder for his own. Hudson disagreed, claiming that he was the rightful inventor. Though we may never know which of the brothers created smokeless powder, it was enough to split the two men apart for the rest of their lives. Shortly after this, Hiram Maxim left the shores of America to work for the US Electric Lighting Company in London. He found life in Britain very much to his liking and he would eventually give up his United States citizenship to become a naturalized British citizen. His fortunes grew, as did his creativity. He created the world's first automatic sprinkler system that not only put out the fire but notified the local firehouse, though there was little commercial interest in the invention. Riveting machines, inventions that prevented the rolling of ships at sea, and pine-menthol inhalers to assist those with asthma were all ideas he brought to the world. He dabbled and tinkered and was generally successful, but he was still restless and nowhere near as wealthy as he would like. But then, in 1882, he met another ex-patriot while visiting Vienna, Austria who gave him a piece of advice that would change the world. He said to Hiram, "Hang your chemistry and electricity! If you want to make a pile of money, invent something that will enable these Europeans to cut each others' throats with greater facility." It was the seed that grew into a nightmare. Maxim lived in a rather palatial country house in West Norwood. It was there that he threw his mind to the task of creating an efficient killing machine, one that would make him fabulously wealthy. The Gatling Gun, invented for the Union Army during the American Civil War by Richard Gatling, was the world's best known rapid-fire weapon. It's cyclical nature meant that the barrels did not overheat as long as it was not fired any higher than a certain rate. Perhaps its most problematic issue was that it was extremely heavy and once in place, it tended to stay there for the duration of the battle. Something lighter and faster was in Maxim's mind. Hiram Maxim had spent his youth hunting bears in the Maine woods and he recalled the kickback that the large caliber rifles gave his young shoulder whenever he fired. His genius lay in the idea that the force of the kickback, if properly harnessed, might be used to load the next bullet. It might even be used to have the gun actually fire itself, in effect, pulling its own trigger. The new smokeless powder that he may or may not have had a hand inventing meant almost no gumming up of the mechanism and with the later addition of a water jacket to act a radiator of heat for the barrel, Hiram Maxim found himself the proud inventor of a rifle that was capable of firing bullets over and over again with accuracy until the bullets ran out. Maxim founded his company based upon the promise of this new weapon. With financial backing from railroad tycoon and steel foundry owner Edward Vickers, "Maxim, Son & Vickers" began creating the gun in the mid 1880s. The American friend's advice had been sound. European governments bought so many automatic machine guns that the foundry ran day and night. Though he lost credit for the invention of the light bulb to Edison, he would now forever be remembered as the man who singlehandedly created the automatic rifle. Hiram Maxim had made the fortune and gained the fame that he and his brother vowed to achieve long ago on the boulder on the edge of property in Sangerville, Maine. In June of 1890, the tall, white-haired and nearly deaf inventor and entrepreneur found his way back to his roots. He returned to the place where he grew up to meet with old friends and show the folks how he had fared in life. He brought one of his automatic rifles with him. Word of his visit quickly circulated and a rather large crowd gathered on the June day on the hill looking down on Dexter's Lake Wassokeag. His aim was a demonstration of his invention to the locals, but this would also notably be the first time an automatic self-loading, modern machine gun would be fired anywhere in North America. With a grateful crowd's silence, he announced that he would discharge the weapon first, and then others could have a 'shot' at it. All was ready and he gently squeezed the trigger, pointing the weapon at the same spot on the ground without moving it, effectively digging a hole. The gun fired at a rate of 666 shots a minute, a truly coincidental number for an invention that would later be called, "The Devil's Paintbrush." Then, he told the audience to imagine an army trying to run up at them from the edge of the lake. He squeezed the trigger again, but this time he swept the aim of the weapon back and forth along the shore, shots ringing, water splashing, clods of dirt flung high into the air. One gun, he claimed, could lay an invading force low very quickly. Though it had not yet been used in battle, his prediction was frighteningly accurate. Next, he asked for Mrs. Bryant to come try her hand at the machine gun, probably because she was the oldest person present from the town. Then, his cousin Caroline Maxim True, had her turn at the trigger. Then, the show was over. He informed the crowd that it was expensive to fire the thing, costing him over $14.00 a minute.  He traveled the landscape of his youth for another week or so before returning to England where, in 1900, Queen Victoria would recommend him for a knighthood, though it was her son Edward who would eventually knight the boy from Sangerville. His weapon had proven itself in the Russo-Japanese War and several smaller British conflicts. Those in power who had possession of the new weapon were confident that it would give them the advantage in the next conflict. Soon enough, the Great War would begin. Since his machine gun had been in service for over twenty-five years, it had been made and copied over and over again by other arms factories throughout Europe and America. Variants of the Maxim gun were used by both sides in World War I.  Though his invention would be used by the ground troops extensively, it would be attached to the newly invented tank and to the the aircraft flying the skies above the lines in France.How does one calculate the amount of human carnage caused by a weapon that could also cut down trees? How many of the 9 million combatants and 8 million civilian casualties of that war died from a bullet fired from a Maxim-designed gun? One need only look at the Battle of the Somme. On the first day of this battle, over 60,000 men died, 85% of them by machine gun fire. The other battles follow suit. Some historians have subtitled World War I as the "machine gun " war.  The boy from Sangerville who as a lad had designed a mousetrap that rid the mill in Abbot, Maine entirely of its infestation, was the man who also made it possible for the nations of Europe to embark upon wholesale slaughter on the battlefield. Most of the deaths of World War One can be directly attributed to machine gun fire and man's blind indifference to his fellow man. As he sat at his table sipping his coffee and reading the lists of the fallen from his morning paper in West Norwood, did he ever cast his mind back to the quiet, tranquil setting of Sangerville Maine? Did he recall the pleasure with which he hunted bear and deer and did it ever concern him that his invention was at that moment taking the lives of millions? We will never know. Maxim was a man of his times and as a power-player, it is easy to think that he had no qualms about his invention. He might have liked the modern adage, "Guns don't kill people; people kill people." Sir Hiram Maxim died in his adopted homeland at Streathan on Nov. 24, 1916, at the age of 77. The only formal education he ever had was from five years in the one-room schoolhouse of Sangerville, Maine, but his informal education made him the epitome of the term 'damned Yankee.' It can be easily argued that no other son of Maine has ever affected the world to the extent that this one man has with his creative mind and his gift of the automatic weapon, the "Devil's Paintbrush." Bibliography Bangor Daily News "Maine's Hiram Maxim lead rags to riches life but remembered Yankee roots" 11-19-1975 Sir Hiram Maxim Biography - Sangerville Public Library Hiram Maxim - Wikipedia Article Encyclopedia Britannica Article - Hiram Maxim PBS - They Made America Series entry - Hiram Maxim PHOTO CREDIT: Wikipedia Commons