tailieunhanh - The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln

How beautiful to see Once more a shepherd of mankind indeed. Who loved his charge, but never loved to lead; One whose meek flock the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity! They knew that outward grace is dust; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed mind's unfaltering skill, And supple-tempered will That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust. His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind, Thrusting to thin air o'er our cloudy bars, A sea-mark now, now lost in vapors blind; Broad prairie. | The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln 1 The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln by Francis Fisher Browne This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him Author Francis Fisher Browne Release Date November 10 2004 EBook 14004 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LIFE OF LINCOLN Produced by Audrey Longhurst and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. _ How beautiful to see Once more a shepherd of mankind indeed. Who loved his charge but never loved to lead One whose meek flock the people joyed to be Not lured by any cheat of birth But by his clear-grained human worth And brave old wisdom of sincerity They knew that outward grace is dust They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed mind s unfaltering skill And supple-tempered will That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust. His was no lonely mountain-peak of mind Thrusting to thin air o er our cloudy bars A sea-mark now now lost in vapors blind Broad prairie rather genial level-lined Fruitful and friendly for all human kind Yet also nigh to heaven and loved of loftiest stars_. _ Great captains with their guns and drums Disturb our judgment for the hour But at last silence comes These all are gone and standing like a tower Our children shall behold his fame The kindly-earnest brave foreseeing man Sagacious patient dreading praise not blame New birth of our new soil the first American. _ JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. Illustration ABRAHAM LINCOLN FROM AN UNPUBLISHED ORIGINAL DRAWING BY JOHN NELSON MARBLE THE EVERY-DAY LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN A .