. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . that others may become rich, andhence it is a just encouragement to enterprise. Let not him that is houseless pull down the house ofanother, but let him work diligently and build one forhimself; th
. Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches : including "early life stories" : "professional life stories" : "White House incidents" : "war reminiscences," etc., etc. : also his speeches, chronologically arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to his last speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : including his inaugurals, Emancipation proclamation, Gettysburg address, etc., etc., etc. : fully illustrated . that others may become rich, andhence it is a just encouragement to enterprise. Let not him that is houseless pull down the house ofanother, but let him work diligently and build one forhimself; thus by example assuring that his own shall besafe from violence when built, ?- LINCOLNS SADNESS. Lincoln was, in his fixed quality, says Mr. Usher, a man of sadness. If he were looking out of a windowalone, and you happened to be passing by and caughthis eye, you would generally see in it an expression ofdistress. He was one of the greatest men who ever lived. Itis now many years since I was in his Cabinet, andsome of the things that happened there have been for-gotten, and the whole of it is rather dreamy. But Lin-colns extraordinary personality is still one of the mostdistinct things in my memory. He was as wise as a ser-pent. He had the skill of the greatest statesman in theworld. Everything he handled came to success. No-body took up his work and brought it to the same per-fection. ?. LINCOLN THE RAIL-SPLITTER,FROM A HITHERTO UNPUBLISED PICTURE. The picture of Abraham Lincoln given herewith has aState reputation in Indiana, it is called the Justicepicture, from the name of its owner, James M. Justice died at his home in Longsport, Ind., in 1889, (474) LINCOLN, THE RAIL-SPLITTER PORTRAIT. 475 and the portrait was left by will to his daughters, Mrs. AC. Patterson and Miss Maibelle Justice, who now residein Chicago. Mr. Justices deatTi was sudden and he leftno written record of the history of the picture. Its prsentowners say it was painted in i860 and was carried as
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