. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . son or qualification. I make no comparisonsnow. I give you instead, as the end of my little talk, Lowells splendidtribute to the great President. You see, when I get to talking of AbrahamLincoln I distrust myself; for words are weak and he alone is strong. And, with a final bit of quotationfrom the Commemoration Ode,Uncle Tom brought his remarks toa close: I praise him not; it were too late ;And some innative weakness there must beIn him who condescends to victorySuch as the Present gives, and
. The Century book of famous Americans : the story of a young people's pilgrimage to historic homes . son or qualification. I make no comparisonsnow. I give you instead, as the end of my little talk, Lowells splendidtribute to the great President. You see, when I get to talking of AbrahamLincoln I distrust myself; for words are weak and he alone is strong. And, with a final bit of quotationfrom the Commemoration Ode,Uncle Tom brought his remarks toa close: I praise him not; it were too late ;And some innative weakness there must beIn him who condescends to victorySuch as the Present gives, and cannot wait,Safe in himself as in a fate. So, always firmly, he;He knew to bide his time,And can his fame abide,Still patient in his simple faith sublime, Till the wise years captains with their drums and gunsDisturb our judgment for the at last silence comes;These all are gone, and, standing like a children shall behold his fame. The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing , patient, dreading praise, not birth of our new soil, the first ONE OF THE LAST LINCOLN a photograph taken March 6, 1865.
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