A Picture Of Lincoln

Abraham J,iiir:lii is assurcüly one oí 1hi' Jiinrvils til' histor.v. No haud bat AiiKTica. iia.s produced his llke. T'his vslincd chic; of a nation in liis niosi ]fril()iis .liour was tlic son of a tiii-üi'cs and wandering settler, bred iu tbe mosi sonliii poverty. He liad rcc.ivcd only tlic rudiinvnt s o: educatioai. and. thouirh he nílvrwa i'il i-cad eagerjy suoh woi-ks aa were wiüiin lus reach, it ti wonderful that he should haví' attahicd as a speaker and a inastcry ot .íruaiic and a pune as wri as etfective Btyle. i ir riinld lonk Hack gmiling on tiic day uilen his loog síianks a.ppeared bare beJtrw t!ic shninkcn lcatluí' breeches u lililí wcrc his cHdy nctlicr garmeal llis trame was gaumt and grotesque lmt nUgtuty. He stnud 6 icct 4. aau was said lo Jiavc liftcd a cask íull ot beer .ind tO ha ve drnnk mit oí tht ímnsilii -'.c. made him a hen witli tlic ( laiy (hnvc lioys. He luid a BtrOUg and cinincntly íair nnder slandinu', wltlb K'""'1 powerí oí pa ticnt 1-IioMp.lii . wliic.h he cultivatc( ly the fiUuly oi Entlid, In all bis views tlu'rc was a siniplicity whlCl luid iis source in the Himplicity o liis chavaelcr. llis lK:al popillarltj was due lo liis humor and the stock o( gootl storifs, alwajK pointod t.lu)uirh jiot always delicate, whlcl iln-oui;li liic it was his high delight t codlect and repeat. At the same time he was meianclioly, touched Avitl tbe pat líos of humaji life, fond o mournful poetry, religlous tdiough no ortliodox, witil a strong sense o an over-ruling rrovidence, which AvJien he was out of spirits, Bomettme took tule shape of fatalisin. llis nic anc'hoiy was prolalily dccpcncd by his gloamy mirronndings and Uy inih advcntTire8 in love.- Professor Gold win Smith's New History of the U. S.