The Press., 1898-04-28
Lincoln,s Care In ti.s S e .f Words.

Lincoln's Care In tI.e < e .f Words.
 h the opinion of the Judges and prac- titioners with whom Lincoln was asso- ciated during his quarter of eutury at the bar his most prol inent cbarac- teristic was his rare faculty for detect ing and disclosing. the controlling point in legal battle. But not less than this was his clear, full orderly and accurate statement of a case. always so fair and logical that it was often said that after Lincoln had summed up the important facts in controversy there was but lit- tie occasion for argument on either side. He habitually employed at the bar the same care and skill in the use of words and the expression of ideas which he so often afterward exhibited when called to a higher field of labor, instances of which are seen in all his state papers and in the changes for the better which he made in the writings of his scholarly secretary of state, particularly in the correspondence relative to the Trent af- fair, which probably avoided a war with England. A fine example of the grandeur of his diction is to be found in his Gettysburg address. which has permanent place in the literature of the world.
 He thought vigorously and thorough ly, but did not speak quickly In reali- ty his hesitation was only the result of his great care always to know his ground. His habit was before speaking or acting to deliberately look through, around and beyond every fact, state
 
 ject it to his wonderful powers of per ception and analysis. This required time, but it made him successful in every important undertaking. While he thought much. he could not truthfully be called a great reader. He knew thor oughly the works of Coke, Blackstone, stephen, Chitty, Starkey and later Greenleaf's ''Evidence' and Story's "Equity." He gave but little time to searching for precedents or studying what is called caso law.-James l.. King in North American Review
 In the year 17OO there was only one newspaper in the United States. Now there are more than ill Englaud, France and Germany put togetL.r
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