Lee, Robert E., 33, 437

Lincoln, Abraham -

family of, 319, 410, 483
belonged by birth to South, 59,

73, 134, 176, 264, 497
youth of, 16, 17, 19, 59-61, 73,

114, 131-134, 154, 175, 178,
179, 192, 195, 256, 261, 267,
268, 294-298, 319-321, 343,
362-364, 376, 389, 390
self-trained, and investigating

for himself, 59, 61, 63, 131-
134, 138, 160, 176, 178, 193,
296-298, 320, 321, 363, 364,
377

education, see self-trained, etc.
personal appearance, 22, 70, 71,
277, 309, 318, 517

story of his life familiar, 14,

34, 154, 280, 343
language used by, 59, 64, 66, 67,
120, 121, 138, 278, 297, 335,
336, 420-422; see also as
orator

stories told concerning, 19, 116,
120, 300, 307, 308, 339, 404,
487, 525

wit and humor of, 20, 21, 81,
172, 173, 188, 299, 307, 308,
335, 486
story-telling characteristic of,
21, 80, 307, 394
characteristics of, 18-32, 34, 36,
54, 55, 61-64, 68, 71-73, 114-
122, 138, 159-162, 172, 173,
176-178, 193, 201, 202, 211,
220, 242, 255-260, 263-266,
282-285, 298-304, 306-310,
318, 321, 329, 330, 334-342,
356, 364-369, 376-381, 394,
395, 451, 453, 456, 457, 462-
467, 474-478, 486-488, 490,
500, 501, 503, 504, 513, 514,
517, 524, 525

of frontierman and pioneer type,

22, 23, 60-64, 66, 319, 389
patent taken out by, 61
his belief in dreams, 74, 486
religion of, 81, 125-127, 282,

283, 336, 369
an optimist, 31

isolation of, 16, 54, 55, 178, 179
prophetic imagination of, 257,
486

conversation important to, 19
an all-round man-a 66 man of
the people "not represent-
ing a class or profession, 23-
27, 36, 62, 63, 101, 138, 176,
490

admission to the bar and law
practice, 154-165, 171, 201,
203-209, 211, 225-227, 268,
296-300, 322, 323, 378
in State legislature, 154, 159,
165, 166, 175, 204-207, 300,
321, 322, 325, 377, 378, 447
speeches (other than debates
and Cooper Institute speech),
Bloomington, 1856 and 1858,
225, 228, 232-238, 395–397;
Springfield, 1858, 234

"lost speech," 238, 396
senatorial campaign of 1858, 36,

141, 186, 285, 325, 327, 397-
399, 408, 443

debates with Douglas, 83, 120,

135, 140-142, 171, 176, 177,
185-188, 210, 234, 268, 285,
301, 302, 325, 327, 336, 339,
368, 378, 391, 393-395, 399-
407, 443, 497

Cooper Institute speech, 135, 136,

171, 176, 177, 234, 277, 278,
281, 285, 286, 328, 336, 337,
408, 443
nomination and presidential cam-
paign, 68-70, 177, 185, 191,
236, 277, 281, 295, 302, 328,
444

as President, 37, 38, 171, 172,

210, 302, 303, 307, 309, 329,
378, 381, 445-448, 451, 452
abused and lampooned, 11, 62,

68, 70, 71, 123, 124, 258, 347,
348, 355, 366-368, 375, 376,
380, 452, 497

First Inaugural Address, 39, 121,

127, 139, 152, 163, 168, 192,
221, 255, 264, 337, 445, 481,
496

Second Inaugural Address, 59,
149, 218, 268, 269, 297, 321,
337, 369

Gettysburg address, 57, 59, 64-

66, 136-138, 165-170, 188, 268,
297, 310, 368, 369, 498

as orator, 185–189, 268, 301, 368
Emancipation Proclamation, see
under Emancipation

Cabinet, relations with, 122, 268,
302-304, 419-422, 424-428,
446, 447, 449, 450, 486, 503
Congress, relations with, 500,
501, 504, 505

his calls for men, 39, 294, 446
his personal conduct of the war,
304, 307, 447, 453

his determination to save the
Union, 12, 39, 124, 144, 221,
305, 348, 351, 352, 355, 356,
446, 448, 449

as diplomat, 41, 42, 242, 243,
246; see also British Govern-
ment and United States,
their relations during Civil
War period

his significance to democracy,
35-44, 46, 47, 50, 53, 54
the world-citizen, 34, 53, 54
how regarded by the South, 33,
148-152

relations with U. S. Grant, 143-

147; see also Grant, U. S.
autobiography of, 231
and the negroes, 332-334, 338
statesmanship of, 82-84, 118,
119, 223

greatness of, 33, 34, 99, 172-

174, 207, 341, 342, 347, 462,
477, 478, 485, 490
death of, 34, 35, 142, 150, 152,

194, 221, 265, 266, 269, 279,
310, 340, 370, 428, 429
his remains lie in state, 58, 310
reaction of feeling occasioned

by his death, 11, 68, 310, 334,
347

duration of public career, 171
uncompleted life of,. 18, 221, 222

lessons to be learned from, 56-
58, 128, 129, 172, 224, 258,
344, 370, 371, 376, 387, 388,
413

inspired words true of, 370
quotations from, 36, 57, 74, 115,
118, 125–127, 146, 147, 149, 152,
163, 166-168, 170, 173, 202,
231, 233, 234, 255, 264, 269,
283-291, 293, 300, 301, 321,
324, 348-350, 356, 381, 397,
398, 403-408, 444, 448, 449,
454, 455, 496
Lovejoy, Owen, Lincoln's estimate
of, 503

Saint-Gaudens' statues of Lincoln,
179

Schurz, Carl, 123, 349

Scott, Lieut.-Gen. (by brevet), 144
Secession, 37, 38, 210, 262, 263,

329, 347, 352, 437
Seward, William H., Secretary of

State, 42, 69, 70, 72, 142, 193,
223, 234, 243, 302, 303, 331,
419-422, 450

Slavery, 36, 38-40, 44, 83, 140,

175, 186, 233, 263, 264, 286-
290, 295, 301, 302, 305, 306,
323, 324, 396, 447, 448, 494-
496

Slaves, proposition to buy, 73,
306, 307

Soldiers, surviving, 267

South, the, honors Lincoln, 33,
148, 150-152, 266, 337, 495,