The Life of Abraham Lincoln Volumes 3 & 4Digital Scanning Inc, 1999 - 568 páginas The work here offered the public was begun in 1894 at the suggestion of Mr. S. S. McClure and Mr. J. S. Phillips, editors of "McClure's Magazine." Their desire was to add to our knowledge of Abraham Lincoln by collecting and preserving the reminiscences of such of his contemporaries as were then living. In undertaking the work it was determined to spare neither labor nor money and in this determination Mr. McClure and his associates have never wavered. Without the sympathy, confidence, suggestion, and criticism, which they have given the work it would have been impossible. They established in their editorial rooms what might be called a Lincoln Bureau and from there an organized search was made for reminiscences, pictures, and documents. To facilitate the work, all persons possessing or knowing of Lincoln material were asked through the magazine to communicate with the editor. The response was immediate and amazing. Hundreds of persons from all parts of the country replied. In every case the clues thus obtained were investigated and if the matter was found to be new and useful was secured. The author wrote thousands of letters and traveled thousands of miles in collecting the material, which came to the editor simply as a result of this request in the magazine. The work thus became one in which the whole country cooperated. No attempt has been made to cover the history of Lincoln's times save as necessary in tracing the development of his mind and in illustrating his moral qualities. It is Lincoln the man, as seen by his fellows and revealed by his own acts and words that the author has tried to picture. |
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... passed the Senate in the all - night session , and as it concerned the sub- ject of his inaugural , he must incorporate a reference to it in the address . Then he had not replied to the note he had received two days before from Mr ...
... passed over cobble- stones . Nor did the present stately and beautiful approach to the Capitol exist . The west front rose abrupt and stiff from an unkept lawn . The great building itself was still un- completed , and high above his ...
Ida M. Tarbell. strongly guarded at its mouth , through which he passed into the building . If he had taken pains to inquire what means had been provided for protecting his life while in the build- ing , he would have been told that ...
... passed off well , but it is appalling to think of the mischief which might have been done by a single evil - dis- posed person to - day . A blank cartridge fired from a window on Pennsylvania avenue might have disconcerted all our hopes ...
... passed into the Senate Chamber , filled to overflowing with Senators , members of the Diplomatic Corps , and visitors . The contrast between the two men as they entered struck every observer . " Mr. Buchanan was so withered and bowed ...
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Lincolns Search for a General | 127 |
Lincoln and the Soldiers | 146 |
Lincolns Reelection in 1864 | 170 |
VOLUME FOUR | |
The End of the War 26 | 26 |
Lincolns Funeral 41 | 41 |