. Life of Abraham Lincoln : being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination ; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to Lincoln . P ^ p S .ii 2 . - - - - — r-H O H ^ i^ ^ ^^^ ^ IJ .>; § p p-e j^::: t>.S1: jrjo ^p S ftS-^ Sg2<B^x:P-==H (3 Q;-^ 3 03^:^ J3 o illl§!c§ C3 e, Italyshippeece is tismounnd esoasavalry,soldieiquencehalf a d S5 w O ^.rH ^ CS ~ ^ i^ a nb^Ts iJcSe^ ^P^-PCrS Ii( S H S o-ti O C i^ pi S*^ »*^p P^_PCT3;::5 S, o ao:^ ^c y-^CPc™®-;:^® ,.rH jS^-H yio ,^ 1^ PI .^ O C3 g^l^^0 THOUGHTS AND SAYINGS OF ABRAHAM LINC


. Life of Abraham Lincoln : being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination ; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to Lincoln . P ^ p S .ii 2 . - - - - — r-H O H ^ i^ ^ ^^^ ^ IJ .>; § p p-e j^::: t>.S1: jrjo ^p S ftS-^ Sg2<B^x:P-==H (3 Q;-^ 3 03^:^ J3 o illl§!c§ C3 e, Italyshippeece is tismounnd esoasavalry,soldieiquencehalf a d S5 w O ^.rH ^ CS ~ ^ i^ a nb^Ts iJcSe^ ^P^-PCrS Ii( S H S o-ti O C i^ pi S*^ »*^p P^_PCT3;::5 S, o ao:^ ^c y-^CPc™®-;:^® ,.rH jS^-H yio ,^ 1^ PI .^ O C3 g^l^^0 THOUGHTS AND SAYINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 235 ANSWER TO AN APPLICATION FOR PARDON. The following reply was made by Mr. Lincoln to an application for thepardon of a soldier who had shown himself very brave in war, and had beenseverely wounded, but afterward deserted: Did you say he was once badly wounded? Then, as the Scriptures say thatin the shedding of blood is the remission of sins, I guess well have to let him of


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