Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln was a 19th century Human who served as the 16th President of the United States of America. He served from 1861 until 1865; leading the Northern or "Union" side throughout the American Civil War. (TOS: "The Cage")
- A sketch of Lincoln appeared on screen while the Talosians scanned the Enterprise computers in 2254.
After Jonathan Archer restored a damaged timeline, Abraham Lincoln signing a document could be seen in the time stream as the timeline realigned itself. (ENT: "Storm Front, Part II")
Scenes from Lincoln's election victory were among the images of Human history on Earth displayed by the Guardian of Forever. Contained in these images were voters carrying signs that read such slogans as: "Lincoln Wins!", "Lincoln and Liberty", and "Old Abe Lincoln: Came Out of the Wilderness." (TOS: "The City on the Edge of Forever")
Lincoln was a personal hero of James T. Kirk. In 2269, the USS Enterprise encountered an image of Lincoln in orbit of Excalbia, created by the Excalbians to help their understanding of the Human concepts of "good" and "evil." Though obviously an illusion created from Kirk's mind and the Enterprise memory banks, Kirk insisted on greeting Lincoln with full Presidential honors upon his boarding the Enterprise. In the initial conflict forced by the Excalbians, the middle-aged simulacrum of Lincoln was able to hold his own against the forces of "evil", forcing Kahless "the Unforgettable" and Genghis Khan into retreat. The simulated Lincoln recognized a kindred spirit in the re-created image of the Vulcan patriarch, Surak, and sacrificed his "life" in an effort to save his counterpart. After witnessing Lincoln's second "death", Kirk felt he understood something of what Earth had to endure before achieving "final peace". (TOS: "The Savage Curtain")
Painted portraits of both President Lincoln and Surak were hung in the Enterprise-A's dining room in 2293. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country)
When Berlinghoff Rasmussen made clear that he couldn't tell Captain Jean-Luc Picard about the future, he compared the Captain's situation to that of Abraham Lincoln, who might have changed his theater plans had he known what lay ahead of him. (TNG: "A Matter of Time")
[edit] Memorable Quotes
- "We fight on their level. With trickery, brutality, finality. We match their evil."
- "There is no honorable way to kill. No gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war except its ending."
[edit] Background
Lincoln was played by actor Lee Bergere in "The Savage Curtain."
A matte painting created for a deleted scene from Star Trek V: The Final Frontier featured Lincoln's face on Mount Rushmore monument.
The script of the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Homecoming" describes Li Nalas as having "a quiet self-effacing Abraham Lincoln/Gary Cooper charisma".
[edit] External links
| Selected Presidents of the United States of America |
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