GDG- an immense amount of `sound and fury

[Margaret D. Blough]

Not to mention being a rather elegant insult; the full quote, from Act 5, Scene 5 of Macbeth, has Macbeth saying
"it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."

Regards,

Margaret

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: Dennis Lawrence <denlaw at kc.rr.com> 

> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: 
> 
> 
> Monday, October 9, 1848. 
> Peoria, IL. 
> 
> 
> Lincoln and J. Y. Scammon speak at courthouse in evening. After chairman 
> "designated the spot where he should stand," reported Democratic Free Press 
> (October 11, 1848), "Mr. L. blew his nose, bobbed his head, threw up his 
> coat tail, and in the course of two hours was delivered of an immense 
> amount of `sound and fury'." He defends Taylor's seeming lack of principles 
> and urges Free Soil men to support Taylor rather than Van Buren. 
> 
> 
> 
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