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Show IJaroln's ll.nuur. In an article on Uio "Hiuuor of Abrn-luim Abrn-luim Lincoln' wo aro told tlutt his humor was often unconscious, and Unit his nit was llluitratlio. Ho used It bo-causu bo-causu at times he maid any liiuro In this way and Letter lllustrata an Idea. Ho never carnl how ho uiada a point so that ho mado It, und he never told a story fur thu mere sako ot telling It. "In one Interview," says the writer of tbo article, "tha name came up of a de-nosed de-nosed politician of Illinois whose imrlt was blemlihcd by an overweening vanity. van-ity. His funeral was largely attrmlrd. 'If,' anld Mr. Lincoln, 'Ueiiernl boil known how big u fiuicral lie would luvo had hi would hulo died jcars ago.' " |