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Title: Abraham Lincoln : the true story of a great life
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Herndon, William Henry, 1818-1891 Weik, Jesse William, 1857-1930, joint author White, Horace, 1834-1916
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton and Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library

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ters fresh from the Democratic ranks. Eachman attacked it in his criticism. I was the last torespond. Although the doctrine announced was * After the meeting was over Mr. Lincoln and I returned to thePike House, where we occupied the same room. Immediately onreaching the room I said to him, What in Gods name could induceyou to promulgate such.an opinion? He replied familiarly, Uponmy soul, Dickey, I think it is true. I reasoned to show it was not acorrect opinion. He argued strenously that the opinion was a soundone. At length I said, Suppose you are right, that our Govern-ment cannot last part free and part slave, what good is to be accom-plished by inculcating that opinion (or truth, if you please) in theminds of the people? After some minutes reflection he rose andapproached me, extending his right hand to take mine, and said, From respect for your judgment, Dickey, Ill promise you I wontteach the doctrine again during this campaign. —Letter, T. LyleDickey, MS., December 8, 1866.
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THE LIFE OF LINCOLN. 69 rather rank, yet it suited my views, and I said, Lincoln, deliver that speech as read and it willmake you President. At the time I hardlyrealized the force of my prophecy. Having patientlylistened to these various criticisms from his friends—all of which with a single exception were ad-verse—he rose from his chair, and after alluding tothe careful study and intense thought he had giventhe question, he answered all their objections sub-stantially as follows: Friends, this thing has beenretarded long enough. The time has come whenthese sentiments should be uttered; and if it isdecreed that I should go down because of thisspeech, then let me go down linked to the truth—let me die in the advocacy of what is just andright. The next day, the 17th, the speech wasdelivered just as we had heard it read. Up to thistime Seward had held sway over the North by his higher-law sentiments, but the house-divided-against-itself speech by Lincoln in my opiniondrove the nail

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