Early speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 1830-1860 . tts,said he to Mr. Bancroft, where I havea 6on at school, who, if report be true,already knows more than his father. This son was at Harvard, and he hassince followed the example of Bancroftin becoming a cabinet minister and therepresentative of the United States atthe court of one of the principal Euro-pean nations. On this trip to Massachusetts Mr. Lin-coln made three or four stump was at Hartford, where a club ar-rayed in-waterproof capes and caps andbearing torches escorted him to the hall. Ivith which Lincoln talked of the blackl
Early speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 1830-1860 . tts,said he to Mr. Bancroft, where I havea 6on at school, who, if report be true,already knows more than his father. This son was at Harvard, and he hassince followed the example of Bancroftin becoming a cabinet minister and therepresentative of the United States atthe court of one of the principal Euro-pean nations. On this trip to Massachusetts Mr. Lin-coln made three or four stump was at Hartford, where a club ar-rayed in-waterproof capes and caps andbearing torches escorted him to the hall. Ivith which Lincoln talked of the blackloud that was beginning to lower over|he country. When Dr. Gulliver learned afterwards lat Lincoln had spent the night with \.lw local wits he could hardly believe it, or it seemed impossible to him that a aian who talked with the solemnity and jarnestness that Lincoln did to him could Lave just come from a nights yarning /ith the story tellers. That was a phase of his nature that twas afterward revealed to many, and seems almost READING PROOF WITH AMOS CUMMINGS. A year or two later, when in the throesof the civil war, and at a time whenLincoln was especially downcast, he sud-denly remembered Judge Trumbull. Heat once sent, begging the judge to cometo Washington and tell him some morestories. Judge Trumbull went and Lin-coln received him with delight. Theyspent the greater part of the night inyarning to each other, and when JudgeTrumbull went away the president de-clared that the visit had raised a ton ofdepression from his heart. Therein is probably to be found thesecret of Lincolns proneness for humor-ous anecdote. lie turned to it thjit hemight ease the strain which he perpetu-ally bore. E. J. Edwards. 12 Mr Lincoln Visit HereStarted Him on RoadWhich Led to Glory Young Mens Club of Plymouth Church lnvilet Him to Speak and Famous Cooper Union Address Was the Result By RICHARD W. THOMAS Abraham Lincoln might easily never have been electedPresident if it had not b
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