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Lincoln and family


Photographer
Date
  • 1915/1925
Description
  • As the state of society in which Abraham Lincoln grew up passes away, the world will read with increasing wonder of the man who, not only of the humblest origin, but remaining the simplest and most unpretending of citizens, was raised to a position of power unprecedented in our history; who was the gentlest and most peace-loving of mortals, unable to see any creature suffer without a pang in his own breast, and suddenly found himself called to conduct the greatest and bloodiest of our wars; who wielded the power of government when stern resolution and relentless force were the order of the day, and then won and ruled the popular mind and heart by the tender sympathies of his nature; who was a cautious conservative by temperament and mental habit, and led the most sudden and sweeping social revolution of our time; who, preserving his homely speech and rustic manner even in the most conspicuous position of that period, drew upon himself the scoffs of polite society, and then thrilled the soul of mankind with utterances of wonderful beauty and grandeur; who, in his heart the best friend of the defeated South, was murdered because a crazy fanatic took him for its most cruel enemy; who, while in power, was beyond measure lampooned and maligned by sectional passion and an excited party spirit, and around whose bier friend and foe gathered to praise him – which they have since never ceased to do – as one of the greatest of Americans and the best of men.
MODS Note
  • No item # 22
Subject
Work Type
Rights
License
Identifier
  • P217:04:79
Local Collection Name
Is Part Of
  • Set 8 - Abraham Lincoln
Media
Institution
Submission Date
  • 09/08/2016
Modified
  • 05/27/2023
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Chicago

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 McIntosh Stereopticon Co. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014146546
2 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006779
3 lantern slides http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300134977
4 No Copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
5 Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
6 Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/p_217
7 Image http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
8 Oregon State University http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017721

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