Abraham Lincoln: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania; Memorial Meeting,...

Abraham Lincoln: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania; Memorial Meeting,...
ISBN-10
0267528906
ISBN-13
9780267528905
Series
Abraham Lincoln
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
20
Language
English
Published
2018-02-02
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Author
Pennsylvania Commandery

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Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln: Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Commandery of the State of Pennsylvania; Memorial Meeting, February 10, 1915 I rejoice to stand here tonight, and to speak the best word I can for abraham lincoln. It was my high honor and great privilege to give him my first vote for President (almost) in 1860, and I have never regretted it - would have been unspeakably sorry always had I voted otherwise. In return he gave me all my commissions (almost), from lst Lieutenant to Brigadier General, and I shall transmit them to my children as their most precious legacies. And now let me begin by saying, abraham lincoln commenced life a poor boy - one Of the very poorest of the poor none so poor as to do him reverence. He ended it by becoming one of the greatest and wisest of human rulers. Who was he, what manner of man was he, and how did he bear himself, thus to awaken the attention, and command the admiration and affection of his fellow-men? Of course, we have not time for a full analysis of his remarkable life and char acter. But suppose we try to weigh and measure him just a little. Suppose we walk around and about him and glance at just a' few of his salient features, as if gazing up at some old castle or ancient cathedral, and see what message he has for each and for all of us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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