Show A LETTER OF LI On the time walls of college at Oxford university England hangs the th following letter of President Lincoln as m asa ma asa a specimen of the purest English and most elegant diction extant I It is interesting not only for or its hu human human human man sympathy but for or the exquisite simplicity with which an absolutely sincere nature expresses Its genuine emotions so that the scat seat of the highest type of culture and learning takes this utterance of one who knew neither schools nor colleges as a model of ex cx expressive expressive and elegant language Executive Mansion Washington a Nov No 21 I 1864 To Mrs Bixby Boston Mass Dear Madam I have hae been shown in inthe inthe in inthe the files of oC the war department a state statement statement statement ment of oC the time adjutant general of Massa Massachusetts Massachusetts that you are the mother of oC five sons who have died gloriously on the field of or battle I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you ou I from the grief of a loss so go overwhelm overwhelming ing But I 1 cannot refrain from tender ing you the consolation that may be bel 1 found in the thanks of the republic they I died to save I pray pra that our Heavenly I Father may assuage the anguish of your our bereavement and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved loed and lost and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom Yours very ver sincerely and respectfully respectful A LINCOLN |