TAILIEUCHUNG - Abraham Lincoln - Lord Charnwood

Statesmen--even the greatest--have rarely won the same unquestioning recognition that falls to the great warriors or those supreme in science, art or literature. Not in their own lifetime and hardly to this day have the claims to supremacy of our own Oliver Cromwell, William III. and Lord Chatham rested on so sure a foundation as those of a Marlborough or a Nelson, a Newton, a Milton or a Hogarth. This is only natural. A warrior, a man of science, an artist or a poet are judged in the main by definite achievements, by the victories they have won over foreign enemies or over ignorance and. | Abraham Lincoln 1 Abraham Lincoln CHAPTER I CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XII Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln 2 The Project Gutenberg EBook of Abraham Lincoln by Lord Charnwood 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 Abraham Lincoln Author Lord Charnwood Release Date May 11 2006 EBook 18379 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ABRAHAM LINCOLN Produced by Al Haines ABRAHAM LINCOLN BY LORD CHARNWOOD GARDEN CITY NEW YORK GARDEN CITY PUBLISHING CO. INC. COPYRIGHT 1917 BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY GENERAL EDITOR S PREFACE Statesmen--even the greatest--have rarely won the same unquestioning recognition that falls to the great warriors or those supreme in science art or literature. Not in their own lifetime and hardly to this day have the claims to supremacy of our own Oliver Cromwell William III. and Lord Chatham rested on so sure a foundation as those of a Marlborough or a Nelson a Newton a Milton or a Hogarth. This is only natural. A warrior a man of science an artist or a poet are judged in the main by definite achievements by the victories they have won over foreign enemies or over ignorance and prejudice by the joy and enlightenment they have brought to the consciousness of their own and succeeding generations. For the statesman there is no such exact measure of greatness. The greater he is the less likely is his work to be marked by decisive achievement which can be recalled by anniversaries or signalised by some outstanding event the chief work of a great statesman rests in a gradual .

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