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A LINCOLN STORY

$ This extraordinary story of an extraordinary reading by Lincoln at a grave uiomenv is toid hv Don 0. Seit?., in his biography of Artemus Word:—"When. • the members of the Cabinet wero all assembled. Lincoln asked, 'Gentlemen, did vou evor read anything from Artemus Ward?' And then the President rend tht.m n chanter from the book. _ He laughed, but no member of the Cabinet joined in his merriment. Lincoln read another chapter, and then, heaving a sigh, lie said. 'Gentlemen, why don't you laugh? With the fearful strain that is upon mo, day and night, if I did not lauirh I should die, and you need this medicine as much as I do.' Taking a little paper from his tall hat, he told lliem that lie had called them.on very important business. And then-lie read •lliem the Emancipation Proclamation. Stanton lost his calmness for a moment, mid t,aid with enthusiasm, 'Mr. President. if rending Artemus Ward is a pre- ■ ludo to such a deed as this, the book should bo filed among the archives of the nation, and the author should bo C-anoniscd! Henceforth, I see the' light, and tho country is saved!'"

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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 133, 1 March 1920, Page 5

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A LINCOLN STORY Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 133, 1 March 1920, Page 5

A LINCOLN STORY Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 133, 1 March 1920, Page 5

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