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Caption: Booklet - Life of President Lincoln on his Birthday (1896)
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i;,,iv .palianV No, sir: \\ hat makeN you t liini „,'• asked the man. \\ h\ you Bwear the way Governor Seward does and lie is an Episcopalian I.iii li has mill. , to drive sometimei and it maj I. j n t in' busine! ' \\ ;is t In- a iisw er. His isp upon affairs was sufficiently stron to let him use his wil with impunity. He us,.,i it \\,v i laudable purpose and it broughl him rest from his ureal >':ires. It \\ ould I' ;i profitable occupal ion for some stu denl to colled the innumerable, published, homeh references and witty illustrations used while he was p r e s i d e n t , a n d d r a w n froin h i s Life in Illinois. ki Indeed it is no1 fanciful to say that this conspicuous trail in his character, t his keenness of wit. t his I > story tellings this quickness of retort, was f lai lf\ d veloped by his experiences in the hotels a n d in t i n - • Mirt r o o m s w h e n he was an itinerant lawyer up< >n t he 81 li circuil of t his s tate, BAG \< loi s r o i . l l i e s . lie h I fi ly d( clared his indifference to renominal i 'ii ri < t he end of his first term. I [e had [in M d whether the name of some other candi I 1 dat< would ii'• f rther to save the Union, He had a\ w • I hi>, entire i adiness to stand aside foi tI l\\ |. in .11 \\ h o s e na m e WOllld Unite 1 he .• ! h e a r i n i e s a s i n " le \\)(\ upon t he ii I n , , t h( end < his Hrs1 term polil leal difhttd i mie inten e behind him, It was i ,i.i. to him. In 181 he had thought of i ,,,i ;, II part ies and unite all pat ri • ganizal n w Ith one of his old oppoI ,,, , , n i i nee. He had sent T h u r - ej tnour \\ Itha request that , ,,id pur ue ii' H -. tve war i > 1 uid to onu the i mdidate oi II DO]
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