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...given us a glimpse of Abraham Lincoln in the making. The main theme of the volume is the story of the "years of building and sentiment," before Lincoln's marriage to Mary Todd, and the significant thread in the whole skein of minor plots is the romance of Abe and Ann Rutledge. This episode Mr. Bacheller makes the turning point in the life of his hero. He makes one of his characters say after Lincoln's last visit to Ann before her death...
...Abe when he came out of the tavern that day. He was not the Abe we had all known. He was different. There were new lines in his face. It was sorrowful. His steps were slow. He had passed out of his young manhood. When I spoke to him he answered with that gentle dignity now so familiar to all who know him. From that hour he was Abraham Lincoln...
...finest collections of its kind in existence. Mr. Rothschild had spent thirty years in the collection of this library, and it occupied about 152 feet of shelves. It represents the volumes which Mr. Rothschild used in the preparation of his two books on Lincoln, "Honest Abe" and "Lincoln, Master of Men." The collection is the gift of his widow and will be placed in the American History Department, where it will be known as the Rothschild Lincoln Memorial Library...
...Rhodes called the attention of his audience to the courage, honor and human sympathy of "the most American of Americans" as James Russell Lowell has called him. Caesar may be called the mighty Caesar. Lincoln cannot well be called mighty, in the same sense, but the term "Honest Abe" expresses the opinion and feelings of his countrymen
...Abe Robert Ginsburgh '17, Price Greenleaf Fund, WilkesBarre...