EDITED

WITH AN INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR AND NOTES

BY

DANIEL KILHAM DODGE, PH.D.

PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE AT THE

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

FOURTH AVENUE & 30TH STREET, NEW YORK

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BY

LONGMANS GREEN AND CO.

FIRST EDITION, JULY, 1910

REPRINTED, JUNE, 1913, MAY, 1915, MARCH, 1917

INTRODUCTION

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE—LINCOLN

INAUGURALS, ADDRESSES, AND LETTERS

  Address to the People of Sangamon County, March 9, 1832
  The Perpetuation of our Political Institutions, January 27, 1837
  Speech at Springfield, Illinois, June 16, 1858
  Second Joint Debate at Freeport, August 27, 1858
  The Cooper Institute Address, Monday, February 27, 1860
  Farewell Address at Springfield, Illinois, February 12, 1861
  Farewell Address at Springfield, Illinois, February 11, 1861
  Address in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, February 22, 1861
  First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861
  Response to Serenade, March 4, 1861
  Letter to Colonel Ellsworth's Parents, May 25, 1861
  Letter to Horace Greeley, August 22, 1862
  Extract from the Second Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862
  The Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863
  Thanksgiving Proclamation, July 15, 1863
  Letter to J. C. Conkling, August 26, 1863
  Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863
  Letter to Mrs. Bixby, November 21, 1864
  Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865
  Last Public Address, April 11, 1865

APPENDIX. Autobiography, December 20, 1859

NOTES

INTRODUCTION

The facts of Lincoln's early life are best stated in his own words,communicated in 1859[see Appendix] to Mr. J. W. Fell, of Bloomington,Illinois. Unlike many men who have risen from humble surroundings,Lincoln never boasted of his wonderful struggle with poverty. Hisnature had no room for the false pride of a Mr. Bounderby, even thoughthe facts warranted the claim. Indeed, he seldom mentioned his earlylife at all. On one occasion he referred to it as "the short andsimple annals of the poor." Lincoln himself did not in any way basehis claims to public recognition upon the fact that he was born in alog cabin and that he had split rails in his youth, although, on theother hand, he was not ashamed of the facts. More, perhaps, than anyother man of his time he believed and by his actions realized the truthof Burns' saying, "The man's the goud, for a' that." The real lessonto be drawn from Lincoln's life is that under any conditions realsuccess is to be won by intelligent, unwavering effort, the degree ofsuccess being determined by the ability and character of theindividual. Still less profitable is the attempt to contrast thesuccess of Lincoln with that of Washington, or Jefferson or of anyother American whose early circumstances were mo

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LINCOLN'S INAUGURALS, ADDRESSES AND LETTERS

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EDITED

WITH AN INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR AND NOTES

BY

DANIEL KILHAM DODGE, PH.D.

PROFESSOR OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE AT THE

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

BY

LONGMANS GREEN AND CO.

FIRST EDITION, JULY, 1910

REPRINTED, JUNE, 1913, MAY, 1915, MARCH, 1917

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE—LINCOLN

INAUGURALS, ADDRESSES, AND LETTERS

NOTES

INTRODUCTION

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