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Show Jamil I'arton-a l'raillctlon, ! In 18C2 Jamos Parton, the celebrat- ed biographical writer, made the fol- lowing prediction In regard to Abra- 1 ham Lincoln. History will say of Mr. j Lincoln that no man of a more gonial j temperament, n more kindly nature, 11 ever tenanted tho Whlto House; that bo gave all his time, bis thoughts, hla energies, to the dlschargo of duties ot ' unprecedented magnitude and urgency; ' that, bating no man, ho steadfastly en- ' deavored to win tbe confidence and m love of all tho loyal and patriotic, and a that, In aplte ot four chequered years m of such responsibility and anxiety as baa seldom fallen to tho lot ot man, ho M bore away from tbe capltol tho sunny M temper and blltho frankness ot hla boyhood, returning to mingle vtlth bis 9 old neighbors as one with them la jR heart and In manner, in retirement as In power a happy specimen ot the men whom liberty and democracy train In 9 tbe log cabin and by the rudest hearth to guldo tbo counsels of the ltepublls S and influenco tho destinies ot the peo- pie. H |