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Show I0oour0 Asnwa to bewaxo. Winiam H. ftaward and hla Mends wara sorely dleappointed at hi fat rare to saears tha aomlnatlon tor tha praal-denry praal-denry In 1M0. Lincoln dlaplajrd both aagftdty and magnanimity whan ha gave, his defeated rival the moot Important plaoo In hla cabinet. ' At tha tlmo Lincoln Lin-coln was largely an unknown quantity, while 4Uward was a man of much ex-perience ex-perience In public affalra. Be ward' a frlanda conAdently expected him to ho tha strong man of the cabinet and even to overnaifw the executive. Bhortty after entering upon hla duties he handed Lincoln Lin-coln a nolo containing "aome thoughts 1 for tho president's consideration. Among other things ha suggested the necessity ne-cessity that some one man ahouid take the lead and grapple boldly with the .situation, .sit-uation, cloelng with thee words: "Either the president must do It himself him-self or devolve It upon soma member of tha cabinet. It Is not my special province, but I neither seek to evade or assume reaponelbtllty." Lincoln anawerad the note tha earn day. On th question of leadership hs simply said: "if thla must be don. I must do It." ; Th matter was dropped then and there. 1 'and with fin discretion Lincoln kept the forreirpArtrlenre secret. A. W. Mify, |