What abraham lincoln intends to say in this sentence:
"there is another old poet whose name i do not now remember who said, 'truth
is the daughter of time.'"

To me, I think he meant:
In some poem (I don't remember), someone said "Truth is the daughter of time"
What?
If you're honest, you'll have a good time...

(Sorry if this is not perfect)
Hope this helps!

Allusion and illusion. an allusion is an indirect reference, whereas an illusion is something that is unreal or incorrect. each of the nouns has a related verb form: allude “to refer indirectly to,” and illude (not a very common word), which may mean “to delude or deceive” or “to subject to an illusion.”