Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-09-09

to be. consulted all the dictionaries and books of
reference | 9uld find, but with no better results
You might d well have defined blue to blind man
At last ! sais Lincoln, you can never make
lawyer If youdo not understand what demonstrate
means, andL left my situation in Springfield,
went home Il my father house and staid there
till could gte any proposition in the SIX books
Of Euclid ~ light / then found out what dem
oustrate mans. and went back to my law stud
les
Icould sif refrain from saying, in my admira
ton at suel development ofeharaeter and genius
combined, FIr. Lincoln, your success is no longer
marvel is the legitimate result Of adequate
causes. btdeserve it all, and a great deal more.
Ifyou viii t9nit me, / would like to use this
fact publclF It viii be most valuable in melting
our young n to that patient classical and mathe-
matieal cnlAfe which most minds absolutely re-
auire. No Ian can talk we'll unless he is able FIRST
of al TO defH 10 himself what he is talking about.
Euclid, well tudied, would free the world of half
its calainiti$ by banishing half the nonsense
which now dudes and curses 1t. ! have often
Thought th3 Euclid would be one of the best books
to put on II catalogue Of the Tract Society, if
they could bis get the people to read it. 1t
would be u keaas Of grace
II thinlIb said he laughing: Il vote for
Eaclid
| just tklkl gentleman entered the car who was
well knows "a very ardent friend Of Douglas =
| Being lilk curious to see how Mr. Lincoln would
meet him, introduced him after this fashion
i Mr.. linea allow me to introduce Mr.. L.,
very palticr friend of your particular friend Mr..
1 II II
cordial maser saying, . have no dOuot you
think yeu a right sir This hearty tribute to
| the honestsfa political opponent, with the man
| ner Of doingt struck me as beautiful exhibition
of largehfted charity, of whiah We see far too
1 little in thisebating. fermentins world.
As we need the end Of our journey, Mr.. Lin
eon tutnedp me very pleasantly, and said, i
want "a tiAi you for this conversation. l have
enioved it Hy much | replied, referring to
some stalwa denanciations he had Just been ut
tering OF thaemoralizing Influences Of Washing
ton upon AThern politicians in respect to the
slavery due9n Mr. Lincoln may | say one thing
i 10 YOU iefH we seuarate?' Certainly, any
thing van pse ? you have Just spoken of
the tendene3f political life in Washington to de-
base the rad convictions of our representatives.
there by thNmixture of considerations of mere
! political exdjency You have become, by the
controyersyah Mr. Douglas, one of Our leaders
in this greahuggle with slavery, which is un-
doubtedly tstruggle of the nation and the age
What wotjike to say is this, and say it with
a full heart u true 10 y0Hr pFtRclptes and toe
,oi1 be teas a, aud God ioH be tr7,e to US all
His homels lighted up instantly with BEAM
ing expres land, taking my hand warmly IN
both of his Said, say Amen to that-AsEN
to that
There bp excavation in the rock shown
/, TO visitors Beng the White Mountains, into
| which ons he purest of the mountains streams
z noul.s itselknpNn as The Pool As you
i stand bg itsle at an ordinary time, you look
b down aposs llssss .oi Inpenetfabie green, lying
r Ikea rich erald in a setting of granite, upon
/, the bosom Ae mountain. But 0ccasionlly the
noon-day darts through it a vertical ray,
Z which penetes to its very bottom, aud shows
d every confgtion of the varied interior. felt
b at that mont that ray had darted down to
!. the bottom Abraham Lincoln heart and that
. / could see tEhole 1t seemed to ME as beau
e tiful as that erald pool and as pure. have
n never forgot that glimpse. " hen that strange
Of revocation esof the most rational and reasona
| proclamatieuE Fremont slaves of rebels
/, shall be SCI e''-I remembered that hearty
n Antea, tntifed my rising apprehensions
is remenbes it in those dark days when Nc
" Clellan, NFee was iddling on James river,
and Pope Faeing routed before Washington
and the repiame that prominent cabinet
10 minister hal Hsed that be had succeeded in ple-
'n venting th{issof the Emancipation Proelama-
ton. | sah, abraham Lincoln viii prove true
r. vet. Ard AaS God bless him he has
/ Slow, if yt Tse, but true. Unimpassioned, il
rs yon pleas t,We Joeose, trifing, if you
o. please, butra4 Reluctant to part with unwor-
ng hy. ofhci4dsrs, but t17,e hmselftrlte steel
~ could viii hless man of facts, and more 40
laiin of ids could wish him more stern and
y more VICIOUS Every man has his faults. But
still. | d 1tn 10 A5raham Lincoln My
dy eoun,ryml case DO better, and all Of u.s. than
I to ay ApI n srataal Lincoln, till the Lakes
= shall echo to Gulf, and the eastern to the
western sK
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