Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln: A Discourse Delivered on the National Fast Day, June 1, 1865 But Mr. Lincoln's course was suddenly brought to an end in a most unexpected manner. It was unexpected to us who knew him, for how should we be led to think that any one would desire to kill him who loved every body, and hated no body. In the war which had been going on, every one knew, or might have known, that he acted from ill-will to no one, and that he was only performing the duties Of his office in defend ing his country. And, ...
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Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln: A Discourse Delivered on the National Fast Day, June 1, 1865 But Mr. Lincoln's course was suddenly brought to an end in a most unexpected manner. It was unexpected to us who knew him, for how should we be led to think that any one would desire to kill him who loved every body, and hated no body. In the war which had been going on, every one knew, or might have known, that he acted from ill-will to no one, and that he was only performing the duties Of his office in defend ing his country. And, besides, the war was virtually at an end, and nothing more was to be expected from him that even the rebels would regard as evil. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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.
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