Herndon's Life of Lincoln: The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln —— The History and Personal Recollections of Abraham Lincoln

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ISBN: 9781334942945 出版年：2018 页码：579 William Henry Herndon Jesse William Weik Forgotten Books

Some persons will doubtless object to the narration of certain facts which appear here for the first time, and which they contend should have been consigned to the tomb. Their pretense is that no good can come from such ghastly exposures. To such over-sensitive souls, if any such exist, my answer is that these facts are indispensable to a full knowledge of Mr. Lincoln in all the walks of life. In order properly to comprehend him and the stirring, bloody times in which he lived, and in which he played such an important part, we must have all the facts — we must be prepared to take him as he was. In determining Lincoln's title to greatness we must not only keep in mind the times in which he lived, but we must.