I find it to be a delightful coincidence that two of the individuals who brought us into the modern world were born on the same day — February 12, 1809.
It could be argued that Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln together encompass a transition to our modern way of thinking. The former used science to help us understand and accept that humans are part of the natural world. The latter used politics to help us understand and accept that all humans are entitled to equal opportunity.
How odd that we are suddenly in a time in the U.S. when both science and the right to equal opportunity are being attacked. I wonder what old Charles and Abe would have made of these shenanigans.