Mark Twain thought along the same lines: "Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered — either by themselves or by others. But for the Civil War, Lincoln an

Mark Twain thought along the same lines: "Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered — either by themselves or by others. But for the Civil War, Lincoln and Grant and Sherman and Sheridan would not have been discovered, nor have risen into notice." --Mark Twain