The world's workers . s reigned. From every civilised country therepoured forth expressions of sorrow and messages ofsympathy; for all felt that the loss of PresidentLincoln was the worlds loss. It was the desire of some, that Mr. Lincolns re-mains should be buried in Washington ; but the people 128 The Worlds Work/^.rs. of Illinois having strongly urged the claims of thatState to the honour of giving him sepulture, theirwishes were complied with. So, after appropriateceremonies, on a day set apart throughout the countryfor religious services in honour of the illustrious dead,the body was take
The world's workers . s reigned. From every civilised country therepoured forth expressions of sorrow and messages ofsympathy; for all felt that the loss of PresidentLincoln was the worlds loss. It was the desire of some, that Mr. Lincolns re-mains should be buried in Washington ; but the people 128 The Worlds Work/^.rs. of Illinois having strongly urged the claims of thatState to the honour of giving him sepulture, theirwishes were complied with. So, after appropriateceremonies, on a day set apart throughout the countryfor religious services in honour of the illustrious dead,the body was taken in a draped train from the capital,and slowly passing from State to State, the funeralprocession at length reached Illinois. And there, in one of the cemeteries of Springfield—the spot where his happiest days had been spent,the scene of his earliest successes, and where dweltthose who knew and loved him best—there the goodPresident sleeps. Printed by Casseli, & Company, Limited, La Bells S*wagf, Loncon, THE WORLDS WORKERS. Benjamin Franklin. E. M. TOMKINSON. THIRD EDITION. CAS SELL & COMPANY, Limited: LOXDON, PARIS. XRW YORK b MELBOURNE.[all rights reservkd.] CONTENTS. FAGB CHAPTER I. A CONSPIRACY IN THE DARK S CHAPTER H. OUT IN THE WORLD l6 CHAPTER HI. ONE FOOT ON THE LADDER 29 CHAPTER WORK 4O CHAPTER V. ALWAYS TO THE FORE S3 CHAPTER VI. WAR AND PEACE .64 Contexts. CHAPTER VII. A WILLING EXILE .... CHAPTER VIII. STORMY TIMES CHAPTER IX. FOREMOST IN THE FIGHT CHAPTER X. THE TCP OF THE LADDER BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. CHAPTER I. A CONSPIRACY IN THE DARK. THE conspirators were young but they were deter-mined, and if you could have taken a good lookat their faces, you would have seen in them all a certainearnestness which showed that they had an object inview, and meant to gain it. They were all boys,little boys, too, and their leader was younger thanmany of them ; yet they had full confidence in him,for he had led them through many a difficulty before,and they knew h
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