Abraham Lincoln: Lawyer (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln: LawyerIt is not so many years since a simple-minded country lawyer from the prairies of Illinois, standing before the Capi tol, pledged himself, for a second time, to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. He had walked through the valley of the shadow of death, and the people to whom he spoke had walked with him. A sudden sunshine fell upon his care-worn face as he closed his appeal With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan - to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations. Four years earlier, standing before a multitude who neither understood nor trusted him, he had said to his dis satisfied fellow countrymen We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle field and pa triot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.Ever since, men have asked the questions: Who taught him? Where did he gain the power to say so simply the words that have stayed in the memories and hearts of men through all these years?There was nothing extraordinary about it. This simple minded country lawyer had sprung from good Southern stock. The Lincolns had been pioneers in New England, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky, and they included in their connection men of mark and men of character. Abraham Lincoln had the training of a devoted stepmother, the encouragement of loyal friends, and the inspiration of a brilliant rival who was like wise his friend. Poverty had beset him and had spurred him to success. How this discipline made a lawyer of him, and how his training at the law made him what he was, it is the purpose of this paper to show.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.