An Eulogy on the Life and Services of President Lincoln
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Excerpt from An Eulogy on the Life and Services of President Lincoln: Pronounced Before the Citizens of Poultney and Vicinity, April 19th, 1865 Fellow Citizens: I am sincerely and deeply sensible how unfitted I am for meeting the demands of such an hour, or of doing justice to an event which has hardly left a loyal heart unmoved, or a loyal eye unmoistened in our whole country, and made us a nation of mourners. It is no common task you have assigned me. It is no common event which has assembled us together. No joyous ceremonial - no inaugural fete, which has this day gathered you within these walls. The emblems of woe are around us; a nation is clad in the habiliments of mourning, and the voice of wailing and lamentation is heard upon every breeze. The head of this Republic - the elect of the people - the idol of a nation´s hopes, so recently called for the second time to preside over the destinies of our beloved country, the Patriot - the President has fallen by the hand of an assassin. The illustrious man who but yesterday, on the steps of the Federal Capitol, under the shadow of our National banner - and in the presence of assembled thousands from all parts of the land, pronounced the solemn vow of fidelity to the Constitution, and invoked the Ruler of the Universe to attest the sincerity of the pledge which he then gave, has been compelled by a murderers hand to lay down the high commission with which he was invested. The tongue which was then eloquent of truth is now mute forever, even while its last echoes are yet lingering upon the ear; the eye which then kindled with the inspiration of an exalted patriotism is already sealed in eternal sleep; and the heart which then throbbed with the deepest anxiety for a nations welfare is forever at rest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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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