I also had it wrong, and thought it came from Lincoln originally. Per Reuters Fact Check team: > Misattributed. There is no evidence Lincoln ever made such a

I also had it wrong, and thought it came from Lincoln originally. Per Reuters Fact Check team: > Misattributed. There is no evidence Lincoln ever made such a statement about testing a man’s character. The author appears to be Robert G. Ingersoll, who used this phrase to describe the 16th president of the United States on several occasions in the 1890s [1]. [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-abrahamlincoln-power/fact-check-test-a-mans-character-quote-misattributed-to-abraham-lincoln-idUSL1N2PA1V7 https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-abrahamlincoln-pow...