Character And Death of Abraham Lincoln a Discourse Preached At Auburn N Y a
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He might have but little praise from partisans, but he was the careful healer, binding uj) the wounds of the age in spite of itself; the good surgeon, knitting together the dislocated bones of the disjointed times. SYNOPSIS OF CHARACTER. Sixteen months ago, I used the following language in addressing you, wliieh I re}>eat, in order to make an important addition : "The explanation for the President's every act is this : He executes the will of the people ; he represents a controlling majority. I...f he be slow, it is because the people are slow. If he have done a foolish act, it was the stupidity of the people which impelled it. His wisdom con- sists in cariying out the good sense of the nation. His growth in political knowledge, his steady movement towards emancipation, are but the growth and movement of the national mind. Indeed, in character and culture be is a fair representative of the average Amer- can. His awkward speech and yet more awkward silence ; his un- couth manners ; his style miscellaneous, concreted from the best au- thors, and yet oftentimes of Saxon force and classic purity ; his humor an argument, and liis logic a joke, both unseasonable at times and irresistible always ; his questions answers, and his answers questions ; his guesses prophecies, and fulfilment ever beyond his promise ; hon- est yet shrewd, simple yet reticent ; heavy and yet energetic ; never despairing, and never sanguine ; careless in forms, conscientious in essentials; never sacrificing a good servant, once trustiMl, never desert- ing a sound principle, once adopted ; nut afraid of new ideas, not de- spising old ones ; improving opportunities to cdnfess mistakes, ready to learn, g
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