The Lincoln story-calendar 1809 1909; one hundredth anniversary . Rutledge yielded to Lincolns devotion, and they were believed tobe betrothed. But the protracted strain proved too great for Anns high-strung,sensitive nature. In August, 1835, she died, but her beautiful image never leftthe heart of Abraham Lincoln. He was utterly unstrung by his passionate was then that he learned to love the poem of William Knox, always thereaftera favorite, entitled : Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? William O. Stoddard, the only secretary to President Lincoln still living inthis Cente
The Lincoln story-calendar 1809 1909; one hundredth anniversary . Rutledge yielded to Lincolns devotion, and they were believed tobe betrothed. But the protracted strain proved too great for Anns high-strung,sensitive nature. In August, 1835, she died, but her beautiful image never leftthe heart of Abraham Lincoln. He was utterly unstrung by his passionate was then that he learned to love the poem of William Knox, always thereaftera favorite, entitled : Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud ? William O. Stoddard, the only secretary to President Lincoln still living inthis Centenary Year, writes of the grief-stricken lover at this time : He had been to that hour a man of marvellous power and self-control, but when theycame and told him she was dead, his heart and will, and even his brain itself, gave way. Hewas frantic for a time, seeming even to lose the sense of his own identity, and all New Salemsaid that he was insane. He piteously moaned and raved : I never can be reconciled to have the snow, rain and storms beat upon her ^^^* MAY MON. TUES. WED. THUR. FRI. 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 SUN, SAT. 1809
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