. Abraham Lincoln :. allenge to the future; not uttering thosetwo sublime inaugurals; nor there, nor there:—but inthat hospital, bending to hold the hand of that dyingsoldier, in a mothers place! Oh, benign story! Unre-proachful and unreproachablethypatienceand thy fame! If ever, girt by alien foes or threatened by mad handsfrom within, this Nation, so highly dedicated, shall againhave the endurance of its liberties tested; if ever we aresummoned to rally to the death about that constella-tion which Lincoln kept unshredded; the old organ tonewill swell once more into • the full chords of devot
. Abraham Lincoln :. allenge to the future; not uttering thosetwo sublime inaugurals; nor there, nor there:—but inthat hospital, bending to hold the hand of that dyingsoldier, in a mothers place! Oh, benign story! Unre-proachful and unreproachablethypatienceand thy fame! If ever, girt by alien foes or threatened by mad handsfrom within, this Nation, so highly dedicated, shall againhave the endurance of its liberties tested; if ever we aresummoned to rally to the death about that constella-tion which Lincoln kept unshredded; the old organ tonewill swell once more into • the full chords of devotionand upon every wind will flow the deep bourdon ofanswer.—We are coming. Father Abraham! THIS BOOK WAS PRINTED AT THECOURIER PRESS, CLINTON, NEW YORK,DURING JANUARY AND FEBRUARY, 1917,FROM TYPE AT ONCE DISTRIBUTEDAND IT WAS ISSUED IN APRIL. THE EDITION WAS OF ONE HUNDREDAND FIFTY-FIVE COPIES, NUMBERED,ONE COPY UPON PARCHMENT AND THEREMAINING COPIES UPON TUSCANYHAND-MADE PAPER. OF THESE THIS COPY IS NUMBER a?-. 7(. ;f. 02BZ3
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