Select two pieces of evidence that best develop the idea that it is important for Americans to remember Lincoln
"It serves us, then, to reflect on whether that element of Lincoln's character, and the American character. " (paragraph 9)
"Some of it has to do with the sheer energy of the man, the railsplitter, ax-in-hand, looking out at a frontier" (paragraph 5)
"And yet what separates Lincoln from the other great men has to do with something else." (paragraph 7)
"Lincoln was not a perfect man, nor a perfect president." (paragraph 7)
"Lincoln reminds us that our essential greatness is not the shadow of sophistication or popularity or wealth or power or fleeting celebrity." (paragraph 10)