A Sketch Of The Character Of Abraham Lincoln

Author : Augustus Woodbury
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484229579
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book A Sketch of the Character of Abraham Lincoln written by Augustus Woodbury and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Sketch of the Character of Abraham Lincoln: A Discourse Preached in the Westminster Church, Providence, R. I. Thursday, June 1, 1865 Ever. Surely, this man was the'most cordially beloved, the most widely respected of any man within the bor ders of the Republic. The rich and the poor, the wise and the simple, the scholar and the unlettered seem to emulate one another as they unite in paying honor to his memory. Even his foes in arms against him had learned to admire him and they who fought him shed tears of genuine sorrow when they heard of the fatal deed that struck him out of life. All this, perhaps, was to be expected. But that this plain Republican, bringing an honest heart and a sagacious mind to the direction of public affairs in a time of unexampled difficulty, should so have won over to him the hearts of men throughout the civilized world, - should have so con quered their prejudices, by the sheer and simple force of his upright and truthful character, - should have so closely touched and so completely moved the best part of human nature and of mankind - that was hardly to be hoped. We knew how coldly Europe had looked upon us; how chary of its sympathy, nay, how hostile in its sentiments, it had been. We knew how utterly incongruous with all the preconceptions, the traditional ideas, the long established formalism of European soci ety, our President, and the movement which he repre sented and which he led, were thought to be. We knew how slow the conventionalism of the old world was to recognize any worth or any ability, except as it bore the stamp of regularity. It was almost too much to believe, that the old world would see with the eye of the new. We thought that we were partial, and that possibly a disinterested judgment, or a judgment that was affected by unfriendly prejudices might reverse our decision, and depreciate our estimate. But as we read. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.