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Title: Lincoln : by friend and foe
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Brooks, Noah, 1830-1903 Hall, A. Oakey (Abraham Oakey), 1826-1898 Seymour, Horatio, 1810-1886 Cole, Robert J., ed
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: London New York : Gold Medal Library
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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rance even of suf-ferings past, and the imminence of thosethat must necessarily embitter all theyears to come, I should have indignantlyspurned the offer, such was the effect uponme of this immortal dedication/ ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN 1865 BY NOAH BROOKS IT IS natural that friends should ten-derly and frequently talk of the lovedand lost, descanting upon their vir-tues, narrating the little incidents of a lifeended, and dwelling with minute parti-cularity upon traits of character which,under other circumstances, might haveremained unnoted and be forgotten, butare invested now with a mournful inter-est which fixes them in the memory. This,and the general desire to know more ofthe man Abraham Lincoln, is the onlyexcuse offered for the following simplesketch of some parts of the character ofour beloved Chief Magistrate, nowpassed from earth. All persons agree that the most markedcharacteristic of Mr. Lincolns mannerswas his simplicity and artlessness; thisimmediately impressed itself upon the
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Photo by Brady Lincoln and his sonTad BY FRIEND AND FOE 2\ observation of those who met him ft*the first time, and each successive inter-view deepened the impression. Peopleseemed delighted to find in the ruler ofthe nation freedom from pomposity andaffectation, mingled with a certain simpledignity which never forsook him.Though oppressed with the weight of re-sponsibility resting upon him as Presidentof the United States, he shrank from as-suming any of the honors, or even thetitles, of the position. After years ofintimate acquaintance with Mr. Lincolnthe writer can not now recall a singleinstance in which he spoke of himself asPresident, or used that title for himself,except when acting in an official capacity.He always spoke of his position and officevaguely as this place, here, or othermodest phrase. Once, speaking of theroom in the Capitol used by the Presi-dents of the United States during theclose of a session of Congress, he said,That room, you know, that they call—■droppi

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