. Statues of Abraham Lincoln. artistry, but manyBostonians have seen in it a drollsignificance which the sculptornever intended. The group shown in the sketch,the concept of Thomas Ball, isentitled Emancipation. It de-picts the unshackled slave bentin humble gratitude before Lin-coln, the Emancipator, whoseleft arm is extended in benedic-tion. Despite the striking manner inwhich the sculptor has presenteda vital fact of American history,many have seen in the pose ofthe slave a reminder of the lowly bootblack, whose name Is legionin Boston. The bent figure hasbeen likened to the urchin atwork o
. Statues of Abraham Lincoln. artistry, but manyBostonians have seen in it a drollsignificance which the sculptornever intended. The group shown in the sketch,the concept of Thomas Ball, isentitled Emancipation. It de-picts the unshackled slave bentin humble gratitude before Lin-coln, the Emancipator, whoseleft arm is extended in benedic-tion. Despite the striking manner inwhich the sculptor has presenteda vital fact of American history,many have seen in the pose ofthe slave a reminder of the lowly bootblack, whose name Is legionin Boston. The bent figure hasbeen likened to the urchin atwork on an unpolished boot,while the thankful expression onthe face of the slave might passfor the deprecating glance of thebootblack soliciting a generousfee. Such a humorous misconcep-tion cannot detract from thereal value of a work of art. Itwould probably amuse the sculp-tor, just- as Bostonians areamused to hear from visitors tothe city thatbaked beans are|scarce here, the streets are |crooked and there are too Bulletin of the Lincoln National Life Foundation ------ Dr. Louis A. Warren, Editor Published each week by The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, Indiana Number 608 FORT WAYNE, INDIANA December 2, 1940 THE EMANCIPATION GROUP BY THOMAS BALL The heroic bronze statue of Abra-ham Lincoln by Thomas Ball has re-cently been given some prominence byits use on a postage stamp whichmade its appearance on October 20,1940, to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the passing ofthe thirteenth amendment to the Con-stitution. This was a much more importantanniversary than might be impliedfrom the little attention that waspaid to it, but unfortunately it camein the midst of a political only were four million men lib-erated from slavery by the amend-ment but the passage of the Emanci-pation Act was a significant andepochal event in the annals of consti-tutional government. An amendment, the twelfth, to theConstitution of the United St
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