Abraham Lincoln; . APR -2 ISI7 • Hi 54 ~H« * • I <9ttC£&*!?<I!;&U{E, so louHp born, so ruDelr brcD,SDerreeD ttjr Captain of tbosc luriD rears,ilonrling of <Eime, mitl) suffocating tearsUaiD tenDcrly among tJje migljtiest DeaD,W\)&t trust, uitjat lotie, tyy totnering spirit ieDGTbro Darfe, tremenDous Davs! I^tjat sanity<Siroro tt)? saDness, 1131 $€®\L$ ! H?umaniti?Ctnj mystic bin, mtjose life mitb longing anD j^ortl)3f|n ttje mar blast, simple, so unatoarc&{ tty rare Dignity, pitiful anD mise,gearing tlje undertones tbat summoneo forttj<Sreat hosts to Die, uUien all mas
Abraham Lincoln; . APR -2 ISI7 • Hi 54 ~H« * • I <9ttC£&*!?<I!;&U{E, so louHp born, so ruDelr brcD,SDerreeD ttjr Captain of tbosc luriD rears,ilonrling of <Eime, mitl) suffocating tearsUaiD tenDcrly among tJje migljtiest DeaD,W\)&t trust, uitjat lotie, tyy totnering spirit ieDGTbro Darfe, tremenDous Davs! I^tjat sanity<Siroro tt)? saDness, 1131 $€®\L$ ! H?umaniti?Ctnj mystic bin, mtjose life mitb longing anD j^ortl)3f|n ttje mar blast, simple, so unatoarc&{ tty rare Dignity, pitiful anD mise,gearing tlje undertones tbat summoneo forttj<Sreat hosts to Die, uUien all mas Done, to bearWW *eD libation to tbe sacrifice! I Hbrabam Xincoln FIRST SAID TO THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB OFBROOKLYN, FEBRUARY 12, OUBT not, all you true gentlemen, that itis time for an American Book of land we love is old enough and richenough in men and achievements to havea rubricated record all its dates which punctuate its greatevents, its births and burials, its successive and inter-woven crises of national evolution, its high tides andlow, its storms and tempests greater than almanacscan report, its feasts and fasts, its anguish and itsanthems—these dates make a calendar with all its weeksilluminated and emphatic. More than we often pause toremember are we rich in history, not merely of a conti-nental, but of a world-wide significance. Our life is ofinter-centurial and planetary import. Each month is avolume, with its peculiar, illustrious and garlandedevents. Wonder at all that our American Aprils havewitnessed, recall the annals of our great Julys, and then,you who love your country and treasure in your heartsher excellences of character and action, with also her sins,her repentances
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