Related commentaries – Rejection

The Rejection of The Worthy Shepherd – Zechariah 11:1 – 11:11

Lincoln - Too Big to Cry And Too Hurt to Laugh

In 1858 the Illinois legislature-using an obscure statute-sent Stephen A. Douglas to the U.S. Senate instead of Abraham Lincoln, although Lincoln had won the popular vote. When a sympathetic friend asked Lincoln how he felt, he said, “Like the boy who stubbed his toe: I am too big to cry and too badly hurt to laugh.” (Source unknown).