The Illinois Life And the Presidency of Abraham Lincoln
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" was the answ^er. His g-rasp upon affairs was sufficiently strong- to let him use his wit with impunity. He used it for a laudable purpose and it broug-ht him rest from his g-reat cares. It would be a profitable occupation for some stu- dent to collect the innumerable, published, homely references and witty illustrations used while he ^vas president, and drawn from his life in Illinois. Indeed it is not fanciful to say that this conspicu- ous trait in his character, this keenness of wit, this ...love of story telling-, this quickness of retort, was larg-ely developed by his experiences in the hotels and in the court rooms when he was an itinerant la^vyer upon the 8th circuit of this state. SAGACIOUS POLITICS. He had freely declared his indifference to renom- ination prior to the end of his first term. He had questioned whether the name of some other candi- date would not g"o farther to save the Union. He had avowed his entire readiness to stand aside for any other person whose name would unite the north or advance the armies a sing"le rod upon the field.
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