. : [booklet]. d Bunyan for his intimate com-panions, he in time became able to producea letter like that herewith, which hangsto-day on the wall at Oxford, the ancientseat of learning, as an example of theEnglish language at its best. A letter to Mrs. Bixley of Boston,November 21, 1864: Dear Madam : I have been shown in the filesof the War Department a statement of theAdjutant General of Massachusetts thatyou are the mother of five sons who havedied gloriously on the field of battle. Ifeel how weak and fruitless must be anywords of mine which should attempt to be-guile you from a loss so
. : [booklet]. d Bunyan for his intimate com-panions, he in time became able to producea letter like that herewith, which hangsto-day on the wall at Oxford, the ancientseat of learning, as an example of theEnglish language at its best. A letter to Mrs. Bixley of Boston,November 21, 1864: Dear Madam : I have been shown in the filesof the War Department a statement of theAdjutant General of Massachusetts thatyou are the mother of five sons who havedied gloriously on the field of battle. Ifeel how weak and fruitless must be anywords of mine which should attempt to be-guile you from a loss so overwhelming,but I cannot refrain from tendering youthe consolation that may be found in thethanks of the Republic they died to pray our Heavenly Father may assuagethe anguish of your bereavement, andleave you only the cherished memory ofthe loved and lost and the solemn pride thatmust be yours to have laid so costly a sacri-fice on the altar of very sincerely and respectfully, Abraham ABRAHAM LINCOLN READING LAW IN THE GROCERY STORE AT NEWSALEM, ILLINOIS, OF WHICH HE WAS PART OWNERFrom Century Magazine, February 1909 SINCE LINCOLN In the life and achievements of AbrahamLincoln every humble and deserving child of toilmay see the promise of a better day. Since Thomas Lincoln, what father, howeverpoor his condition and heavy his toil, may not ashe eats the bread of honest sweat, cherish the hopethat standing on the shoulders of his fathers faith-ful work and honorable conduct, his son shall riseto a position of greater usefulness and higher honorthan he himself has attained. And since Nancy Hanks Lincoln, what mothermay not as she holds her little one to her breast,pondering, like Mary of Nazareth, on the deep,mysterious things of life, breathe the faith-filledprayer that her child may prove a blessing toher country and her race. And since Sarah Bush Lincoln, what womanwhen called upon to be a mother to one who is nother son, shall not the more fre
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