I came across this quote just recently-one that I have heard numerous times in the past-and I thought it worth posting here. On November 5, 1952 Adlai Stevenson conceded defeat to Dwight Eisenhower in the presidential race that year. Stevenson recalled a story that was popular in his native Illinois that came from Abraham Lincoln. When Lincoln was asked how he felt after losing an election his response was "...he felt like the little boy who had stubbed his toe in the dark. He said that he was too old to cry, but it hurt too much to laugh".
(Source: Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History edited by William Safire. W.W. Norton and Company 1992. Page 805).
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