...element which Norton represented, are the signs of the change which came upon men's view of Lincoln. In November, 1862, Norton is found writing: 'I am...be on the whole the great net gain from the war.' This is but one of many reflections from the mirror in which the progress of national events was solicitously...

...element which Norton represented, are the signs of the change which came upon men's view of Lincoln. In November, 1862, Norton is found writing: 'I am...be on the whole the great net gain from the war.' This is but one of many reflections from the mirror in •which the progress of national events was...

...state papers; he will make them sincere and his honesty will compel even politicians to like virtue. I conceive his character to be on the whole the great net gain from the war." Atlantic Monthly, November 1912, 603-612. Grant saw that his place was with the Army of the Potomac;...

...afraid that a domestic cat will not answer when one wants a Bengal tiger." But a year later he said of Lincoln : " I conceive his character to be on the whole the great net gain from the war " (Norton and Howe, Letters, p. 228). . . . never fight against them except in our armies, led by white...