In the fifties, no one wore beards. In Eisenhower's day, as in the time of the Founding Fathers, all chins were smooth, while during the Civil War, beards were as common as sepsis.
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Both my New Hampshire great-grandfathers wore facial hair: the Copperhead who fought in the war and the sheep farmer too old for combat.
The original purpose of the beards was to help with the wind when it's blowing in your face. When you're out there in the woods hunting like we are all the time, we found that facial hair helps you to stay a lot warmer.
I don't like myself without a beard.
I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan's look good.
If I shave, I don't have a chin anymore.
A decent beard has long been the number one must-have fashion item for any fugitive from justice.
You can't do comedy with a beard.
When I was a kid, I had this idea that I would have a beard when I got older. I thought it'd be nice to rub my chin.
It's true that people were told facial hair was not appreciated by the British public, but I just decided to keep the moustache.
Throughout this evolution from left to right, Beard always detested war. Hence his writings were slanted to show that the military side of history was insignificant or a mere reflection of economic forces.
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