The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, et cetera . n fact, consumed by sorrow. I think I shallnever be glad again, he said once to a friend. But as one byone the weights lifted, a change came over him; his formstraightened, his face cleared, the lines became less accentu-ated. His whole appearance, poise, and bearing had mar-vellously changed, says the Hon. James Harlan. He wasin fact, transfigured. That indescribable sadness
The life of Abraham Lincoln : drawn from original sources and containing many speeches, letters and telegrams hitherto unpublished, and illustrated with many reproductions from original paintings, photographs, et cetera . n fact, consumed by sorrow. I think I shallnever be glad again, he said once to a friend. But as one byone the weights lifted, a change came over him; his formstraightened, his face cleared, the lines became less accentu-ated. His whole appearance, poise, and bearing had mar-vellously changed, says the Hon. James Harlan. He wasin fact, transfigured. That indescribable sadness which hadpreviously seemed to be an adamantine element of his verybeing, had been suddenly changed for an equally indescriba-ble expression of serene joy, as if conscious that the greatpurpose of his life had been achieved. Never since he had become convinced that the end of thewar was near had Mr. Lincoln seemed to his friends moreglad, more serene, than on the 14th of April. The morningwas soft and sunny in Washington, and as the spring wasearly in 1865, the Judas-trees and the dogwood were blos-soming on the hillsides, the willows were green along thePotomac, and in the parks and gardens the lilacs bloomed-—. THE LAST PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN, TAKEN APRIL 9, llBEFORE HIS ASSASSINATION 5, THE SUNDAY Drawn from a photograph made by Alexander Gardner, photographer to the Army ofthe Potomac, while the President was sharpening a pencil for his son Tad. Copyright,1894, by Watson Porter. THE END OF THE WAR 233 a day of promise and joy to which the whole town , ever since the news of the fall of Richmond reachedWashington the town had been indulging in an almost un-broken celebration, each new victory arousing a fresh out-burst and rekindling enthusiasm. On the night of the 13th,there had been a splendid illumination, and on the 14th, therejoicing went on. The suspension of the draft and thepresence of Grant in town—come this time not to plan newcampaigns,
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