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Title: Complete works of Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901, ed Hay, John, 1838-1905, joint ed
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Publisher: (Harrogate, Tenn.) : Lincoln Memorial University
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln Edited byJOHN G. NICOLAY andJOHN HAY With a Foreword by Herbert Hoover and Appreciations by Other Eminent Persons New and Enlarged Edition VOLUME IV published byLincoln Memorial University Copyright, 1894, byJOHN G. NICOLAY and JOHN HAY The Greatness of Lincoln.1 THERE are subjects upon which nothingnew can be said, but which still arousethe fervor awakened at their firstenunciation. If the song was true when itstarted on its journey it will be sung as long ashuman hearts vibrate and tongues retain the giftof speech. It will be lisped by those who aretottering on toward the end, and echoed by thosewhose hearts are filled with the promise and theglow of youth. If the product was genuinewhen it passed from the Creators hand it willneither be dimmed by age nor cheapened byfamiliarity: for honor is not decreased by con-tact, and truth is never out of tune. If none of the old stories are ever to be re-told,many a noble inspiration must be lost, and manya t

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