. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . eed for the reformer, need even for the Abraham Lincoln came John Brown, you know. But the man ofbalance, of moderation, of caution, is the man who finally brings about theneeded result. And, even here, I am scarcely able properly to place Abra-ham Lincoln for you, even as his story seems slight, when we look at the herohimself. In his case the subject dwarfsthe narrative, and greatness like his isfar beyond qualifications. The visit to Springfield was thor-oughly enjoyable. Fro
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . eed for the reformer, need even for the Abraham Lincoln came John Brown, you know. But the man ofbalance, of moderation, of caution, is the man who finally brings about theneeded result. And, even here, I am scarcely able properly to place Abra-ham Lincoln for you, even as his story seems slight, when we look at the herohimself. In his case the subject dwarfsthe narrative, and greatness like his isfar beyond qualifications. The visit to Springfield was thor-oughly enjoyable. From the momentthat they drew near to the city out ofits adjoining farms and prairies, and sawabove the trees the great dome of thenew Capitol, the ardor of investigationseized them. Hadnot Uncle Tomcurbed their energyand held their ardorin check, they wouldhave sallied out todo the town atonce. But Uncle Tomwas a careful guar-dian. He insistedon the girls remain-ing quietly at thehotel, although he ,. , . ° . THE PRESIDENT AT THE FRONT DURING WAR-DAYS- allowed them a walk reconnoiteRing the 204 THE CENTURY BOOK OF FAMOUS AMERICANS into the Capitol grounds and through the corridors of the great cross-shapedbuilding, where they freely criticized the poorly-executed historical paintings,and halted with inquiry before the fine statue in the grounds. Menard, they read. Who was Menard, Uncle Tom? Oh, one of the old explorers, Uncle Tom replied, off-hand, but in so unexplanatory a tone, as Marian expressed it, that she charged him withnot really knowing himself, and he confessed he was a bit misty, but prom-ised to look it up for her. The boys, meantime, had procured bicycles and whirled away on a tourof investigation up and down the broad and shaded streets of what is es-teemed the best paved city in the State of Illinois. It is proof of their
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