Show Lincol I ns contempt for con ent lonal I 1 ties mr lanion lamon des describes cribs sir mr lincoln as preeminent pre eminent in moral courage eloquent in speech and possessed of great common on sense with liim hini there was in in every move more ile he never trifled lle he was charged with overmuch seriousness ard and melancholy which was waa often i if ten misconstrued for discouragement he never told an anecdote hat lid did not point to a moral this character often subjected b him lilt to adverse critic criticism crit icim ion among the ultra fashionables fashio nables especially when this class clasa was mado made alie object of his satire it was baid of liim that lie lacked t cn cration amounting almost to moral obliquity ile he stooped to no vindication in life leaving that for history mr lm lilt coln was epigrammatic iu in elucidating his ideas ideas indulged in no studied stud iud phrases was waa no fumbler of works it will be acknowledged that mr lincoln lacked dignity in outward appearance ile he fully realized that aliat lie was formed by nature all right but was not by art in speaking of his lack of polish lie he said 1 I guess I 1 will leavo leave the fancy work to others and will browse around the utility department as is best I 1 can mr lincoln however showed that lie was master of a forcible nondescript sort of dignity never before recognized by orthodox diplomats no american at any period in in our ofir history could write a paper of public import with more impressive seriousness circumspection and grave dignity he was c erg or genial anial tender and social never bewailing liis his hardships or exulting in his triumphs ills his great ambition was to leave the world better thin than heh he found it new york world |