. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . marble sarcophagus that stood over April i4, i865. the grave bore within the circle of a carven wreath the single word, Lincoln ; above the wreath was the sentence socharacteristic of the man: With malice toward none, with charity forall; across the top of the sarcophagus was laid the stars and stripes. The children were silent a place, the associations, the man, alikeheld them speechless. Then Jack said : Now he belongs to the ages ! Wasnt that what Stanton said as Lincolndied, Unc
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . marble sarcophagus that stood over April i4, i865. the grave bore within the circle of a carven wreath the single word, Lincoln ; above the wreath was the sentence socharacteristic of the man: With malice toward none, with charity forall; across the top of the sarcophagus was laid the stars and stripes. The children were silent a place, the associations, the man, alikeheld them speechless. Then Jack said : Now he belongs to the ages ! Wasnt that what Stanton said as Lincolndied, Uncle Tom? You told me once. Yes, that was it, Jack, and the greatwar secretary spoke truly, Uncle Tomreplied. I think of that as I stand here ;and I think, too, of a noble poem by aSoutherner and an ex-rebel soldier,Maurice Thompson : Years pass away, but freedom does not pass;Thrones crumble, but mans birthright crum-bles not; And, like the wind across the prairie grass TRE MONUMENT AT SPRINGFIELD. A whole worlds aspirations fan this spot After a photograph teken by ;. A. w. Pittman for;. c. Power. AT LINCOLN S HOME 20/
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