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Title: Abraham Lincoln as a man of letters
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Robinson, Luther Emerson, 1867-1945
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents Presidents
Publisher: Chicago : The Reilly & Britton Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library

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ype of mind, inclined himto call for the evidence in any important matter.Mr. John W. Bunn, and others of Springfield, whoknew him well, have averred to the writer that Lin-coln was a regular attendant at the services of thePresbyterian church in that city; but he united withno denomination. From childhood he was a readerof the English Bible, and became more devoted inhis study of it during his Presidency. He was par-ticularly interested in the New Testament, but waswell acquainted with the Old. Writing to Speedat one time, he said: I am profitably engaged inreading the Bible. Take all of this book upon reasonthat you can and the balance upon faith, and youwill live and die a better man. Few men have afforded a story of religious evo-lution more interesting than Lincolns. His experi-ence, perhaps, was not strikingly exceptional; but itwas definite and personally conducted, and broughtsatisfaction to him in trouble. Fresh and interestinglight upon this subject has been presented by Mr.
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The Closing Triumph 193 Henry B. Rankin, in his Personal Recollections ofAbraham Lincoln. In his important chapter onWhat Religion Meant to Lincoln, Mr. Rankinreproduces his mothers account of Lincolns ownstatement of his religious views, given to her in herhome during his race for Congress when his oppo-nents were seeking to discredit him. Declaring thathis own thinking, as well as his contact with menof widest culture had opened up to him a sea ofquestionings, through which he had groped his wayto a higher grasp of thought reaching beyond thislife with clearness and satisfaction, he continued: I do not see that I am more astray—though perhapsin a different direction—than many others whose pointsof view differ widely from each other in the sectariandenominations. They all claim to be Christians, andinterpret their several creeds as infallible ones. Yetthey differ and discuss these questionable subjects with-out settling them with any mutual satisfaction amongthemselves. I doubt t

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