The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln - A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal - Recollections By Those Who Knew Him

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln by Francis Fisher Browne This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him Author: Francis Fisher Browne Release Date: November 10, 2004 [EBook #14004] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LIFE OF LINCOLN *** Produced by Audrey Longhurst and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "How beautiful to see Once more a shepherd of mankind indeed. Who loved his charge, but never loved to lead; One whose meek flock the people joyed to be, Not lured by any cheat of birth, But by his clear-grained human worth, And brave old wisdom of sincerity! They knew that outward grace is dust; They could not choose but trust In that sure-footed mind's unfaltering skill, And supple-tempered will That bent like perfect steel to spring again and thrust.