Why So Many Common People
Like another Daniel, Lincoln interpreted dreams. He said that he had one in this guise:
He imagined he was in a great assemblage like one of his receptions multiplied. The mass described a hedge to let him pass. He thought that he heard one of them remark:
“That is a common-looking fellow!”
To whom Lincoln replied—still in the dream:
“Friend, the Lord loves common-looking people—that is why He made so many of them.”
(NOTE.—Another current saying substitutes “the poor” for “common.”)