Global LincolnPerhaps more than any other American, Abraham Lincoln has become a global figure, one who spoke and continues to speak to people across the world. Karl Marx judged Lincoln the single minded son of the working class; Tolstoy reported his fame in the Caucasus; Tomas Masaryk, the first president of Czechoslovakia, drew strength as the Lincoln of Central Europe; racially mixed, republican Lincoln brigades fought in the Spanish Civil War; and, more