A Nation in Its Sorrow Two Sermons Preached in Grace Church New York
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But the ruler whom we have lost was in no sense a man of genius, and had a nature as gentle and considerate as a woman's. He did not climb up simply by thrusting others down, and he did not achieve without the strain and toil of brave and faithful endeavor. In a sketch of him from the pen of an Englishman, there occurs an incident which, until I read it there, was new to me, and which I venture to recall here, though to some of you it may be familiar, because it illustrates so aptly this specia...l quality of General Garfield's habitual fidelity: At an early period in our late war, the State of Kentucky was threatened with invasion by a large body of Confederate troops, who had, in fact, some 5, 000 of them, already crossed its eastern border. In December, Colonel Garfield (as he then was) was ordered to report himself and his regiment to Gen- eral Buell, at Louisville. The historian of the Forty-second Regiment relates his interview with Buell and the result : — In the evening Colonel Gar- field reached Louisville and sought General Buell at his headquarters.
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