Abraham Lincoln : the true story of a great life . house—but became warmly at-tached to him soon after his removal to was something in his tall and angular frame,his ill-fitting garments, honest face, and livelyhumor that imprinted his individuality on my affec-tion and regard. What impression I made on him Ihad no means of knowing till many years was my senior by nine years, and I looked up tohim, naturally enough, as my superior in everything—a thing I continued to do till the end of his days. * Lincoln used to come to our office—Stuarts and mine—inSpringfield
Abraham Lincoln : the true story of a great life . house—but became warmly at-tached to him soon after his removal to was something in his tall and angular frame,his ill-fitting garments, honest face, and livelyhumor that imprinted his individuality on my affec-tion and regard. What impression I made on him Ihad no means of knowing till many years was my senior by nine years, and I looked up tohim, naturally enough, as my superior in everything—a thing I continued to do till the end of his days. * Lincoln used to come to our office—Stuarts and mine—inSpringfield from New Salem and borrow law-books. Sometimes hewalked but generally rode. He was the most uncouth lookingyoung man I ever saw. He seemed to have but little to say; seemedto feel timid, with a tinge of sadness visible in the countenance, butwhen he did talk all this disappeared for the time and he demon-strated that he was both strong and acute. He surprised us moreand more at every visit/ —Henry E. Dummer, Statement, , 1865,. o H oo o W Q cu 0 C/3 u Q 3 J CO w oo 55 ^U g Q <: HP*<&H THE LIFE OF LINCOLN. 173 Now that the State capital was to be located atSpringfield, that place began, by way of assertingits social superiority, to put on a good many made its gaudy display, and thus soughtto attain a pre-eminence from which learning andrefinement are frequently cut off. Already, peoplehad settled there who could trace their descentdown a long line of distinguished ancestry. Theestablished families were mainly from re-echoed the sentiments and reflected thearrogance and elegance of a slave-holding aristoc-racy. The Todds, Stuarts, and Edwardses werethere, with priests, dogs, and servants; there alsowere the Mathers, Lambs, Opdykes, Forquers, andFords. Amid all the flourishing about in car-riages and the pretentious elegance of that earlyday was Lincoln. Of origin, doubtful if not un-known ; poor, without the means of hiding hispo
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