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Show Lincoln and Sumner. Lincoln was modestly proud of his stuturo und of tho effect of the physical man, especially when actuated by noble sentiments. Ho used to speak of his height to every tall man he met, nnd to propose measuring another an-other guileless habit of self-gratification. Tho only refusal ho Is known to have received wus from Charles Sumner, who was nlso tall nnd proud of his height. Sumner was worrying tho President, ns ho often did, nbout soma perplexing matter, when Lincoln abruptly challenged him to measure. "Sumner declined," said Lincoln, "making "mak-ing n lino speech about this being the tlmo for uniting our fronts against tho enemy, and not our backs. Hut I guess ho was afraid, though ho Is a good piece of n man. I have never had much to do with bishops where I live, but, do you know, Simmer Is my Idea of a bishop," Harper's Weekly. |