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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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ed Mr. Lincoln to his next appoint-ment, that he might hear him again. What wasit? inquired Mr. Lincoln of the Rev. Mr. Gul-liver, who was complimenting him upon his speech,which interested you so much? The reply was,It was the clearness of your reasoning, and es-pecially your illustrations, which were romanceand pathos, and fun and logic, all welded to-gether. Alluding to the threats of the proslavery menthat they would break up the Union shouldslavery be excluded from the Territories, hesaid,— In that supposed event, you say you will de-stroy the Union; and then you say the greatcrime of having destroyed it will be upon us.That is cool. A highwayman holds a pistol tomy ear, and mutters through his teeth, Standand deliver, or I shall kill you, and then you willbe a murderer! To be sure, what the robber de-mands of me—my money—was my own, and Ihad a clear right to keep it; but it was no moremy own than my vote is my own. And threat ofdeath to me to extort my money, and threat of
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN 65 destruction to the Lnion to extort my vote, canscarcely be distinguished in principle. In conversation with Rev. Mr. Gulliver at thistime, Air. Lincoln said, in reply to the question,What has your education been? Well, as toeducation, the newspapers are correct. I neverwent to school more than six months in my life.I can say this,—that, among my earliest recollec-tions, I remember how, when a mere child, Iused to get irritated when anybody talked to mein a way I could not undersand. I dont think Iever got angry at anything else in my life; butthat always disturbed my temper, and has eversince. I can remember going to my little bed-room, after hearing the neighbors talk of an even-ing with my father, and spending no small partof the night walking up and down, and trying tomake out what was the exact meaning of some oftheir, to me, dark sayings. I could not sleep, although I often tried to,when I got on such a hunt after an idea, until Ihad caught it: and, when I th

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