File:Life of Abraham Lincoln, illustrated - a biographical sketch of President Lincoln taken from Abbott's "Lives of the Presidents," and containing sixty half-tone illustrations and portraits (1875) (14597366430).jpg

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Title: Life of Abraham Lincoln, illustrated : a biographical sketch of President Lincoln taken from Abbott's "Lives of the Presidents," and containing sixty half-tone illustrations and portraits
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot), 1805-1877
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Publisher: Chicago : Illustrated Booklet Company
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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the interior lives of men, and I affirm that Mr. Lincoln is the purest-hearted man with whom I ever came in contact. Secretary Seward, who of the cabinet officers was probably the most intimate with the President, expressed the same sentiment in still stronger language. He once said to the Rev. Dr. Bellows, j\Ir. Lincoln is the best man I ever knew. The tact which the President displayed in all his responses to the various kindnesses he received excited universal admiration. On such occasions his awkwardness seemed graceful, and his plain face beautiful. As the President entered
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN 135 one of the rooms of the White House on an occasion when man)- visitors were present, a lady stepped forward playfully with a beautiful bunch of flowers, and said, Allow me, Sir. President, to present you with a bouquet. He took the flowers, for a moment looked admiringly on their beauty, and then, fixing his eyes upon the countenance of the lady, which was also radiant with loveliness, said, Really, madam, if you give them to me, and they are thine, I think I cannot possibly make so good a use of them as to present them to you in return. Upon the betrothal of the Prince of Wales to the Princess Alexandria, Queen Victoria sent a letter to each of the European sovereigns, and also to President Lincoln, announcing the fact.Lord Lyons, the British ambassador at Washington, who was an unmarried man, sought an audience with the President, that he might communicate this important intelligence. With much formality, he presented himself at the White House,accompanied by Secr

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