The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . side is all right, or would be allright, were it not for the physico-mental peculiarity I am about toexplain: His habit—of which you have witnessed a very painful speci-men in his argument to you in this case—of reckless assertion andstatement without grounds, need not be imputed to him as a moralfault or cant help reasons which,gentlemen of thejury, you and Ihave not time tostudy here, as de-plorable as theyare surprising, theoratory of the gen-tleman comple
The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . side is all right, or would be allright, were it not for the physico-mental peculiarity I am about toexplain: His habit—of which you have witnessed a very painful speci-men in his argument to you in this case—of reckless assertion andstatement without grounds, need not be imputed to him as a moralfault or cant help reasons which,gentlemen of thejury, you and Ihave not time tostudy here, as de-plorable as theyare surprising, theoratory of the gen-tleman completelysuspends all actionof his mind. The moment he begins to talk his mental operations cease. I neverknew of but one thing which compared with my friend in thisparticular. That was a steamboat. Back in the days when Iperformed my part as a keel boatman I made the acquaintanceof a trifling little steamboat which used to bustle and puff andwheeze about in the Sangamon River. It had a five-foot boilerand a seven-foot whistle, and every time it whistled the boatstopped. Newspaper clipping from an old LINCOLNS SADDLE-BAGS I Cannot Argue this Case —Our Witnesses Have Been Lying! Judge Davis said that one evening, as was the custom, Lincolnand Swett came to his room in the hotel, and during the conversa-tion Lincoln spoke about as follows: Swett, Davis and I are old friends, and what we say here THE STORY-LIFE OE LINCOLN
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