Early speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 1830-1860 . - set out henoticed that Lincoln walked with a you lame, Mr. Lincoln,? he reply was that he had on new boots and. FREEMAN they w ere hurting him. Nott then hailed a horsed*;}Loosely spread straw, muddied bycovered the floor. It was theiillumination, a smoky oil lamp bua dim light flickered at each end.* * * and they boarded ieet of other riders,re for warmth. Forrned in the center and When Ndtt came to his des-tination, he told Lincoln thatthe car would carry him tothe side door of the AsterHouse and bid him good-by.
Early speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 1830-1860 . - set out henoticed that Lincoln walked with a you lame, Mr. Lincoln,? he reply was that he had on new boots and. FREEMAN they w ere hurting him. Nott then hailed a horsed*;}Loosely spread straw, muddied bycovered the floor. It was theiillumination, a smoky oil lamp bua dim light flickered at each end.* * * and they boarded ieet of other riders,re for warmth. Forrned in the center and When Ndtt came to his des-tination, he told Lincoln thatthe car would carry him tothe side door of the AsterHouse and bid him car started downtownwith Lincoln its only passen-ger. I often wondered, saidNott, what Mr. Lincoin1 hough I about during the re-mainder of his ride. . Didhe regard the address he hadjust delivered ... as a suc-cess? Did he fco] that he wssbut a specK of humanity towhich the great city wouldnever again give a thought? The impression left on mymind as 1 gave a last glanceat him in the street car wasihat ne seemed sad and lone-ly; and when it was too late,when the car was beyond re-call, I blamed myself for notaccompanying Mr. Lincoln tothe Astor House—not becausehe was
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