THE BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR
VI. THE DARK. DAYS OF 1862
VII. THE THIRD AND CRUCIAL YEAR OF THE WAR
VIII. THE FINAL CAMPAIGN
IX. LINCOLN'S TASK ENDED
APPENDIX--LINCOLN'S COOPER INSTITUTE ADDRESS:
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
CORRESPONDENCE WITH ROBERT LINCOLN, NOTT, AND BRAINERD
INTRODUCTION
CORRESPONDENCE WITH LINCOLN
TITLE PAGE OF ORIGINAL ISSUE
OFFICERS OF THE REPUBLICAN UNION
PREFACE TO THE LINCOLN ADDRESS
THE COOPER INSTITUTE ADDRESS
INDEX
FOOTNOTES
I
THE EVOLUTION OF THE MAN
On the twelfth of February, 1909, the hundredth anniversary of the birth
of Abraham Lincoln, Americans gathered together, throughout the entire
country, to honour the memory of a great American, one who may come to
be accepted as the greatest of Americans. It was in every way fitting
that this honour should be rendered to Abraham Lincoln and that, on such
commemoration day, his fellow-citizens should not fail to bear also in
honoured memory the thousands of other good Americans who like Lincoln
gave their lives for their country and without whose loyal devotion
Lincoln's leadership would have been in vain.
The chief purpose, however, as I understand, of a memorial service is
not so much to glorify the dead as to enlighten and inspire the living.
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