results of his four or eight years' administration as those of Tennyson on the great Iron Duke? "The statesman, warrior, moderate, resolute; The man of amplest influence, Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Who let the turbid stream of rumor flow Lavish Honor showered all her stars, And affluent Fortune sanctified all her hours. Yea, let all good things await Him who cares not to be great, But as he saves or serves the State. Not once, or twice, ere our own country's story, The path of duty was the path of glory: He that walks it, only thirsting For the right, and learns to deaden CHAPTER II. THE PURPORT OF THE BOOK. Our War-Its Magnitude-Its Sphere of Humanities-Austro-Italian War-Our Relief Societies-No precedent-Appropriate that a rapid Sketch of the War be given in this Work-Accepted History— Nothing succeeds like success-The Apple of Sodom nipped in the bud-Douglas and Lincoln-The South divided to elect LincolnWar the result. THIS book is not a complete history of the war, or of any part of it, but rather a record of historic and authentic events in that most eventful time, as they came to the observation and experience of one who was called upon to drink to the dregs of the bitter cup, and who did what lay in her power to lessen and alleviate the sufferings around her. Whether we consider the immense aggregate of men engaged; the number and magnitude of the battles; the vast spaces traversed by multitudinous armies; the inconceivable sums lavished, or the ingenuity expended upon the arming and equipping thereof; the pertinacity with which stronghold after stronghold, and region after region were attacked and overcome; or the numbers of killed and wounded, due to unequaled sagacity of commanders and unsurpassed qualities of soldiership: our civil war as far excels any similar conflict as it stands pre-eminent in the momentous results achieved. Nor in the sphere |