Excerpt from The Magazine of History, With Notes and Queries, Vol. 3: February 1906 I was sent by the chief editor to Springfield, Ill., to report a speech of Mr. Lincoln against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. AS I was the reporter of the principal Whig newspaper in the State (mr. Lincoln himself belonging to that party), I was the recipient of some local attention when I arrived in Springfield, and was presented to Mr. Lincoln before he made his speech. I had never even heard his name before. At first glance his ...
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Excerpt from The Magazine of History, With Notes and Queries, Vol. 3: February 1906 I was sent by the chief editor to Springfield, Ill., to report a speech of Mr. Lincoln against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise. AS I was the reporter of the principal Whig newspaper in the State (mr. Lincoln himself belonging to that party), I was the recipient of some local attention when I arrived in Springfield, and was presented to Mr. Lincoln before he made his speech. I had never even heard his name before. At first glance his appearance was not attractive. He was tall, bony, angular, and destitute of all the graces except a winning cast of countenance with which he greeted all comers; but that counted for much. Kindliness and honesty beamed from his eyes and from every _'wrinkle on his face. All this I took in at my first meeting with him, but I did not expect much of a speech from him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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