. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address : the aftermath. tant copies of Lincolns immortaladdress in his own exhibit, valued at half a mil-lion dollars, will continue for 12days. The five manuscript copieshave never been shown togetherbefore. Many people believe that Lin-coln scribbled his speech on ascrap of paper while on his wayto Gettysburg. Actually he pre-pared it with great care, and cop-ied it again on the day of the dedi-cation. Later he made three morecopies on request. Two of thesecopies now belong to the Libraryof Congress, another to the IllinoisState Historical library, ano
. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address : the aftermath. tant copies of Lincolns immortaladdress in his own exhibit, valued at half a mil-lion dollars, will continue for 12days. The five manuscript copieshave never been shown togetherbefore. Many people believe that Lin-coln scribbled his speech on ascrap of paper while on his wayto Gettysburg. Actually he pre-pared it with great care, and cop-ied it again on the day of the dedi-cation. Later he made three morecopies on request. Two of thesecopies now belong to the Libraryof Congress, another to the IllinoisState Historical library, anotherto Cornell university, and one toOscar B. Cintas of Havana, onceambassador to the United Statesfrom Cuba. • • • Paul M. Angle, director of theChicago Historical society and anoted Lincoln scholar, conceivedthe idea of bringing together thefive copies to commemorate the87th anniversary of the address,and thru his efforts the ownerswere persuaded to lend them forthe exhibit, > I J VkMn><A. Asks Nation, In Memorial Address, to Have Malice Toward None. LINCOLN IS PRAISED Gettysburg, Perm., May 30 (/Pi-Standing where Lincoln pronouncedthe immortal words of |ufr^*S!?Wurgaddress nearly three-score and tenyears ago. President Hoover called onthe Nation today to go forward to itstasks moved by charity toward all,by malice toward none. ?•His was the call of moderation,said Mr. Hoover. We shall be wiseto ponder, here what precious wealthof human life might have been pre-served, what rivers of tears mightnever have flowed, what anguish ofsouls might never have been, whatspiritual division of our people mighthave been avoided, if only our lead-ership had always been tempered bythe moderation and calm vision ofLincoln. Delivering a Memorial Day address,the President said the passing yearshad brought new problems and de-veloped new aids to progress, while ithe union of the States had becomea spiritual one, based on text of the address follows: ?Fellow cou
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