Abraham Lincoln and the Union : a chronicle of the embattled North . jo*l bnB mezunijY .^Te.^i\f. lo nol^gsaaoq r D^fim -f,L«i97[ pi olcUm; gni^ arf ^nlooniJ ipl •: - -b^^^^Y/ ,bIoS;^niiqi jlol nIooniJ a-idff .rnirf lol xf^uon-j . /^ doitiv/ -•feloHH^w 9eiJo«^gifI \o4ifsytinif\9di ^b ifj! — .o^iioirfO lo aoiiosllo^ Icnomgl^ ofooniJ head beneat ^ ^- ^l and d; ? powerfuluess formed i la^ie and figure, ous expression ofiiciicacy of the skin. giant lacked grace:at, sometimes rusty,western circuit con-virtually the die-vvai m such dress thai Lcit iiliiA Guntr. LINCOLN 129 he visited the ar
Abraham Lincoln and the Union : a chronicle of the embattled North . jo*l bnB mezunijY .^Te.^i\f. lo nol^gsaaoq r D^fim -f,L«i97[ pi olcUm; gni^ arf ^nlooniJ ipl •: - -b^^^^Y/ ,bIoS;^niiqi jlol nIooniJ a-idff .rnirf lol xf^uon-j . /^ doitiv/ -•feloHH^w 9eiJo«^gifI \o4ifsytinif\9di ^b ifj! — .o^iioirfO lo aoiiosllo^ Icnomgl^ ofooniJ head beneat ^ ^- ^l and d; ? powerfuluess formed i la^ie and figure, ous expression ofiiciicacy of the skin. giant lacked grace:at, sometimes rusty,western circuit con-virtually the die-vvai m such dress thai Lcit iiliiA Guntr. LINCOLN 129 he visited the army, where he towered above hisgenerals. Even in a book of restricted scope, such as this,one must insist upon the distinction between theprivate and pubhc Lincoln, for there is as yet noaccepted conception of him. What comes nearestto an accepted conception is contained probablyin the version of the late Charles Francis tells us how his father, the elder CharlesFrancis Adams, ambassador to London, foundLincoln in 1861 an offensive personality, and heinsists that Lincoln under strain passed through atransformation which made the Lincoln of 1864a different man from the Lincoln of 1861. Per-haps; but without being frivolous, one is temptedto quote certain old-fashioned American papersthat used to label their news items importantif true. What then, was the public Lincoln? What ex-plains his vast success .f^ As a force in Americanhistory, what does he count for.^ Perhaps themost significant detail in an answer to these ques-tions is the fact that he ha
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