Excerpt from Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, Delivered at Rockland, Maine, April 19, 1865, by Request of the Citizens On this 19th of April, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the first President of these United States whose name and administra tion will be forever associated with Universal Emancipation, struck down by the assassin's hand, is carried to his burial at Washington; and a nation is in tears. The martyrs of Lexington and Baltimore died under the lurid skies of the morning, betokening a day of dark and doubt ful conflict. ...
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Excerpt from Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, Delivered at Rockland, Maine, April 19, 1865, by Request of the Citizens On this 19th of April, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the first President of these United States whose name and administra tion will be forever associated with Universal Emancipation, struck down by the assassin's hand, is carried to his burial at Washington; and a nation is in tears. The martyrs of Lexington and Baltimore died under the lurid skies of the morning, betokening a day of dark and doubt ful conflict. Abraham Lincoln died at eventide, when the sun, breaking through the scattering clouds, tinged them with gold and purple, giving promise for the morrow, and threw across the yet darkened sky the bow of h0pe, - harbinger of peace. But the victor may die, and the victory not be lost. The seed ripens for the harvest, though the hand of the sower be cold in death. More than two centuries ago, Gustavus Adolphus, the most illustrious hero of his time, died, in the hour of victory, on the blood-stained field of Lutzen. But we, to-day, enjoying civil and religious freedom, are reaping the fruits of that vic tory over papal despotism and imperial tyranny. More than a century back, the gallant Wolfe died, in the hour of triumph, on the Plains of Abraham; but the victory was not lost. The papal and French power on this continent was forever broken, and the way was prepared for the Ameri can Revolution and the birth of this glorious Republic. Nelson, too, died at Trafalgar, in the hour of his most splen did victory but that did not restore the shattered navy of France. Napoleon, almost omnipotent on the land, was power less on the ocean. England was mistress of the seas. 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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