. Abraham Lincoln, the boy and the man . not call, for hefelt he would be the first to visit him in his Sunday, when he caught a glimpse from wherehe lay of a flag at half staff, the meaning of itflashed on his mind. The funeral was held in the White House onWednesday, and all the people of the North rever-ently kept the day. Not a kinsman of the lonely manwas among the mourners, but races and sects wereknit together in a kinship of sorrow for this brotherof man. Queen Victoria sent her condolences toMrs. Lincoln, as from a widow to a widow. More than kingly honors were paid the
. Abraham Lincoln, the boy and the man . not call, for hefelt he would be the first to visit him in his Sunday, when he caught a glimpse from wherehe lay of a flag at half staff, the meaning of itflashed on his mind. The funeral was held in the White House onWednesday, and all the people of the North rever-ently kept the day. Not a kinsman of the lonely manwas among the mourners, but races and sects wereknit together in a kinship of sorrow for this brotherof man. Queen Victoria sent her condolences toMrs. Lincoln, as from a widow to a widow. More than kingly honors were paid the mortalremains of one who entered the world through a hovelof logs. He was borne to the Capitol, where manythought his appropriate sepulture was in the cryptbuilt for the bones of Washington, his only peer inAmerican history. Illinois, however, claimed hisdust, as the rightful heritage of her soil. Theprairies must be hallowed by the grave of the firstgreat man to be nurtured by them. Cities and states begged the privilege of honoring402. o 2 O -a Z ~ « d £ >> Oh h -- I z »> 8 -9 Z 13
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