Show pl A LINCOLN appreciation I 1 see this motherless lad grow growing ilig to manhood amid scenes that seem io to lead to nothing but abasement no ao teachers no books I 1 see the tull full grown man stalwart and brave yet vexed by weird dreams and lons ions of eife life I 1 so se the party i leader aleader self confident in conscious r 11 1 rectitude I 1 see ase him the pre among his bis fellows el lows ascend the eminence reserved for bian in an andi see him lying dead there in the capitol ot of the nation to which lie he had rendered the last full measure of his devotion the flag ot of his coun i try around him the world in mourn ing HENRY WATTERSON |