Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln : by distinguished men of his time . aim would have beento build up the waste places, give new life toSouthern industry, and bind together North andSouth, the people of the country and the wholecountry, by ties of mutual respect, brotherhood andinterest. In what, then, consisted Mr. Lincolns greatness ?Not in his legal acquirements ; not in his skill as awriter or effectiveness as a speaker ; not in his ex-ecutive ability—although in these respects he com-manded great respect; but in the strength of his con-victions ; his unwavering adherence to the principlesw
Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln : by distinguished men of his time . aim would have beento build up the waste places, give new life toSouthern industry, and bind together North andSouth, the people of the country and the wholecountry, by ties of mutual respect, brotherhood andinterest. In what, then, consisted Mr. Lincolns greatness ?Not in his legal acquirements ; not in his skill as awriter or effectiveness as a speaker ; not in his ex-ecutive ability—although in these respects he com-manded great respect; but in the strength of his con-victions ; his unwavering adherence to the principleswhich he avowed ; his personal uprightness; hissound judgment; his knowledge of the people,gained rather by a study of himself than of them ;his love of country; his humanity ; his sublimefaith in Republican institutions. BY in Gfi Mcculloch. 425 It was these qualities, rarely found in combina-tion, which made him great and fitted him for thehigh position which he filled with so much credit tohimself and with lasting honor and benefit to thenation. HUGH
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