. Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, 1847-1865 . ow of earnest and unfeigned satisfaction. In conclusion I may say that my friendship for Mr. Lin-coin was of no recent hot-house growth. Unlike that ofmany who have made me the subject of hostile criticism, itantedates the beginning of his presidential term and the dawnof his political triumphs. I had the good fortune to be inintimate association with his private life when it was humbleand obscure, and I was near him too in the darkest hour of RELIGION. 337 his executive responsibility, until, indeed, the first rays ofGod-given peace broke upon t
. Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, 1847-1865 . ow of earnest and unfeigned satisfaction. In conclusion I may say that my friendship for Mr. Lin-coin was of no recent hot-house growth. Unlike that ofmany who have made me the subject of hostile criticism, itantedates the beginning of his presidential term and the dawnof his political triumphs. I had the good fortune to be inintimate association with his private life when it was humbleand obscure, and I was near him too in the darkest hour of RELIGION. 337 his executive responsibility, until, indeed, the first rays ofGod-given peace broke upon the land. I can say, with truththat none can assail, that I retained his confidence unshakenas he retained my affections unbroken until his life wasoffered up as a crowning sacrifice to domestic discord at thevery threshold of his and the nations triumph. Is it, there-fore, likely that words of mine, written or spoken, should dopurposed injustice to his memory? With the most profoundrespect, I am Very truly your obedient servant, Ward H.
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