. 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 . reat book I have only to say it is the best gift whichGod has ever given man. All the good from the Saviorof the world is communicated to us through this for this book we could not know ri
. 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 . reat book I have only to say it is the best gift whichGod has ever given man. All the good from the Saviorof the world is communicated to us through this for this book we could not know right from those things desirable to man are contained in it. Col. Rusling overheard the following conversation be-tween President Lincoln and Gen. Sickels, just after thevictory of Gettysburg: The fact is. General, said thePresident, in the stress and pinch of the campaign there,I went to my room, and got down on my knees andprayed Almighty God for victory at Gettysburg. I toldHim that this was His country, and the war was His war,but that we really couldnt stand another Fredericksburgor Chancellorsville. And then and there I made asolemmvow with my Maker that if He would stand by you boysat Gettysburg, I would stand by Him. And He did, andI will! And after this I felt that God Almighty had takenthe whole thing into His own hands. Mr. Lincoln saidall this with great solemnity. [465]. LINCOLNS SAYINGS. —All that I am, all that I hope to be, I owe to myangel mother. —God must like common people or He would not havemade so many of them. —If all that has been said by orators and poets sincethe creation of the world in praise of w^omen were ap-plied to the women of America, it would not do them fulljustice for their conduct during the war. * * * Godbless the women of America. —That we here highly resolve that * * * this na-tion, under God, shall have anew birth of freedom, andthat the government of the people, by the people andfor the people shall not perish from th
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