We talked about Lincoln recently, who used to bring his \u201cbrats\u201d to the office, in the words of William Herndon, Lincoln\u2019s law partner. As much as he hated the noise, Herndon actually seemed to admire Lincoln\u2019s ability to deal with this. \u201cThe boys were absolutely unrestrained in their amusement,\u201d he noted. \u201cIf they pulled down all the books from the shelves, bent the points of all the pens, overturned inkstands, scattered law papers over the floor or threw the pencils into the spittoon, it nev...