Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin helped shape the modern world. Illustration by Joe Ciardiello We are all pebbles dropped in the sea of history, where the splash strikes one way and the big ...

Lincoln had struggled to heal the wounds of war, yet he became one of its last victims, and the war left the country no less divided. Abraham Lincoln grew up on the American frontier. Born in a ...

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present and surface delightful treasures. Sign up here. Looking at a picture of Abraham ...