The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . Abraham Lincoln, Ben. Perley Poore, Edited by Allen Thorndike Rice, page 22*. DANIEL WEBSTER i94 THE STORY-LIFE OF LINCOLN • My Old Eyes Are Full of Tears Yet I digress from the Mexican War subject long enough to insert,because in the order of time it belongs here, a characteristic letterwhich he wrote me regarding a man who was destined at a later dayto play a far different role in the national drama. Here is is: Washington, Feb. 2, William: I just take up my pen to
The story-life of Lincoln; a biography composed of five hundred true stories told by Abraham Lincoln and his friends . Abraham Lincoln, Ben. Perley Poore, Edited by Allen Thorndike Rice, page 22*. DANIEL WEBSTER i94 THE STORY-LIFE OF LINCOLN • My Old Eyes Are Full of Tears Yet I digress from the Mexican War subject long enough to insert,because in the order of time it belongs here, a characteristic letterwhich he wrote me regarding a man who was destined at a later dayto play a far different role in the national drama. Here is is: Washington, Feb. 2, William: I just take up my pen to say that Mr. Stephens,of Georgia, a little, slim, pale-faced, consumptive man, with a voicelike Logans, has just concluded the very best speech of an hourslength I ever heard. My old, withered, dry eyes are full of tears he writes it out anything like he delivered it our people shall see agood many copies of it. Yours truly, A. W. M. H. Herndon, Esq. Herndons Lincoln, William H. Herndon and Jesse \V. Weik, Vol. I, page 268. General Cass on Working and Eating (From a speech in Congress, July 27, 1848.) Mr. Speaker, I adopt the suggestion of a friend, that GeneralCass is
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