Early speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 1830-1860 . . His eyes kindled, his voice rang, his face shone and seemedto light up the whole assembly. For an hour and a half he held hisaudience in the hollow of his hand. His style of speechand manner of delivery were severely simple. WhatLowell called The grand simplicities of the Bible, withwhich he was so familiar, in .his It was marvellous see how this untutored man,by mere self-discipline and the chastening of his own spirit,had outgrown all meretricious arts, and found his ownway to the grandcui and -ilength of absol
Early speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 1830-1860 . . His eyes kindled, his voice rang, his face shone and seemedto light up the whole assembly. For an hour and a half he held hisaudience in the hollow of his hand. His style of speechand manner of delivery were severely simple. WhatLowell called The grand simplicities of the Bible, withwhich he was so familiar, in .his It was marvellous see how this untutored man,by mere self-discipline and the chastening of his own spirit,had outgrown all meretricious arts, and found his ownway to the grandcui and -ilength of absolute ic -k lit W^ said,what Washington. Lincolns closing lines bestillustrate the clarity of think-ing and the artlessness of ex-pression that Choate foundin the speech. They were: unsay ami undodid. Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false acptt- sations against us, no frighC- Wrong as we think slavery ened frrtm it by menaces oi is, we can yet afford to let destrucl <oa to the govern- it alone where it is, because mem nor of dungeon:: io our that much is due to the neces-sity arising from its actualpresence in the nation; butcan we, while our votes will selves. Let us have faith thatright makes mijjht, and inthat faith, let us, in the cud,dare to do our duty as we ua- prevent it, allow it to spread dersiand it. into the National Territories,and to overrun us here inthese Free States? If our sense for-bids this, then let us stand byour duty, fearlessly and effec-tively. Let us be diverted by noneof those sophistical contn- *? r * The bun: <? broke o and prolonged out hi Thej applauded an They ih
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