| Show fro do LINCOLN A little awkward and a little rough yet fit to walk with commoners or kings A heart that leapt at homely simple things and yet a spirit made of sterner stuff wistful and fond yet adequate and strong to bear the burdens which grim fortune brings A high imagination on whose wings he soared beyond the passions of the throng he was the very soul the sublimation of that america he died to save in him we read the genius of a nation stalwart and tender humorous and grave B by y fate unmoved by love and pity swayed masterful whimsical and unafraid 1 berton braley in the washington post 0 |