The story of the Hall of fame, including the lives and portraits of the elect and of those who barely missed election Also a list of America's most eligible women . LINCOLN All parties throughout the loyal States united in dem-onstrations of respect and affection. Acts of mourningwere spontaneous and universal. Business was everywheresuspended, while the people assembled to express their ad-miration and love of the President so foully slain, and todevote themselves anew to the cause—their own cause—forthe assertion of which he had been stricken down. When the funeral took place, the long proce
The story of the Hall of fame, including the lives and portraits of the elect and of those who barely missed election Also a list of America's most eligible women . LINCOLN All parties throughout the loyal States united in dem-onstrations of respect and affection. Acts of mourningwere spontaneous and universal. Business was everywheresuspended, while the people assembled to express their ad-miration and love of the President so foully slain, and todevote themselves anew to the cause—their own cause—forthe assertion of which he had been stricken down. When the funeral took place, the long procession, asit took its way from Washington through Pennsylvania,New York, Ohio and Indiana, to the Presidents home inIllinois, was attended, at every step, with unprecedentedfuneral honors; orations were delivered in the large cities,crowds of mourners by night and day witnessed the solemnpassage of the train on the long lines of railway; a halfmillion of persons, it was estimated, looked upon the face oftheir departed President and 63
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