The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln
Biographically Annotated Edition
Abraham Lincoln
- This
- edition
- includes
- an
- extensive
- and
- hard
- to
- find
- Lincoln
- biography
- by
- Professor
- John
- Frost,
- L.L.D.
- It
- contains
- the
- seven
- original
- volume
- with
- Lincoln's
- works
- from
- 1832
- through
- 1865.
- "I
- have
- endured,"
- wrote
- Lincoln
- not
- long
- before
- his
- death,
- "a
- great
- deal
- of
- ridicule
- without
- much
- malice,
- and
- have
- received
- a
- great
- deal
- of
- kindness
- not
- quite
- free
- from
- ridicule."
- On
- Easter
- Day,
- 1865,
- the
- world
- knew
- how
- little
- this
- ridicule,
- how
- much
- this
- kindness,
- had
- really
- signified.
- Thereafter,
- Lincoln
- the
- man
- became
- Lincoln
- the
- hero,
- year
- by
- year
- more
- heroic,
- until
- to-day,
- with
- the
- swift
- passing
- of
- those
- who
- knew
- him,
- his
- figure
- grows
- ever
- dimmer,
- less
- real.
- This
- should
- not
- be.
- For
- Lincoln
- the
- man,
- patient,
- wise,
- set
- in
- a
- high
- resolve,
- is
- worth
- far
- more
- than
- Lincoln
- the
- hero,
- vaguely
- glorious.
- Invaluable
- is
- the
- example
- of
- the
- man,
- intangible
- that
- of
- the
- hero.
- And,
- though
- it
- is
- not
- for
- us,
- as
- for
- those
- who
- in
- awed
- stillness
- listened
- at
- Gettysburg
- with
- inspired
- perception,
- to
- know
- Abraham
- Lincoln,
- yet
- there
- is
- for
- us
- another
- way
- whereby
- we
- may
- attain
- such
- knowledge-through
- his
- words-uttered
- in
- all
- sincerity
- to
- those
- who
- loved
- or
- hated
- him.
- Cold,
- unsatisfying
- they
- may
- seem,
- these
- printed
- words,
- while
- we
- can
- yet
- speak
- with
- those
- who
- knew
- him,
- and
- look
- into
- eyes
- that
- once
- looked
- into
- his.
- But
- in
- truth
- it
- is
- here
- that
- we
- find
- his
- simple
- greatness,
- his
- great
- simplicity,
- and
- though
- no
- man
- tried
- less
- so
- to
- show
- his
- power,
- no
- man
- has
- so
- shown
- it
- more clearly.
