The National tribune., 1911-01-05
"soUL GROWTH OF LINCOLN"

"SOUL GROWTH OF LINCOLN"
On my return Home some little time
since L found on my desk your copy Of
the ''Soul Growth of Abraham Lincoln
and l wish to thank you for the same
and to say that / prize literature per
tanning to Abraham Lincoln, and wisf
to congratulate you on bringing ou
such a valuable as well as attractive
publication. / assure you that appre-
ciate 1t and will read it over and owe,
again. as l have already done.
1t was my privilege, in 1851 while
with the army in Kentucky. to visit the
home where Abraham Lincoln was
born, and l have visited the house in
which he died in Washington. ID. G. and
I have also visited at Gettysburg where
he delivered his memorable address II
was my privile ge as a member of the
Assembly of this State to Introduce and
secure the passage of bill making Feb
IL, the anniversary OF his birth. a per-
petual holiday in this State.-E. L.
Hawk, Commander, Department of Cal
ifornia, Sacramento, Cal
herewith acknowledge receipt OF
your sublime production in brochure OF
the Soul Growth OF Abraham Lincoln
/ have read it and reread il, each time
gaining more of the spirit which actu-
ated you and more of the virtues oi
the greatest patriot of US all, Abraham
Lincoln. In future years, on Memoria
Day, when Lincoln's address is read by
the brightest ones in each community
portraying Lincoln'S soul at Gettysburg
your own soul growth with that oi
Abraham Lincoln. will come forth as a
requiem to the loyal people of our couu-
try. 1t is classical 1t is sublime, We
will cherish your memory fOV Twill
partment of Idaho, Caldwell, idaho.
I have Just finished reading your
memorial of Soul Growth OF Abraham
Lincoln The oftener read and med
itate upon it the more | am struck
with it's beauty and comprehensive
truth of the greatness of the greatest
statesman in the times OF the English
language, and as you have so beautiful
ly described him, he was truly meek.
humble, God-fearing man-in plain
words. man Of God. 1t gives me pain
to think that such women as Mrs. Helen
ID. Longsticet want to line up such a
man as Jefferson Davis with our be
loved President, Abraham Lincoln. |
do think the women of the SOuth's
treachery ought to be rebuked and eX-
posed. They want us soldiers of the
North to wipe out the stigma of treason
and rebellion under the garb that we
were all Americans that were engaged
in the late civil war, and also want us
to help build monuments for their brave
officers. Never any of my money shall
go for such a purpose. / would much
rather give towards putting up a mon
ument for my humbiest comrade dress
ed in Uncle Samuel blue. Thanks be
to our Government it does it for us.
Therefore the glory should be equally
Oh "
the page of history by the true names
and it will not be changed. But Mrs
Helen ID. Longstreet wants us to help
her to write new history, giving praise
and glory alike to Union and rebel Off
GERS and soldiers.
1 have read and reread with interest
and delight the Soul Growth of Abra-
ham Lincoln" 1t is indeed a beautiful
conception and d masterful elucidation
on your part of the thought often ex-
pressed by others that Lincoln seemed
to be endowed with Divine Wisdom dur
ing the terrible four years OF warfare.
when the hercuiean task confronted
him of preserving this Union. Your
treatment of the subject is certainly
unique, forceful and convincing, to u
degree rarely attained in authorship
II. II. Bengough, Secretary, Soldiers
Memorial Hall Committee of Allie
gheny County, Pa, Pittsburg, Pa.
I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of copy of the Soul Growth
of Abraham Lincoln" 1t is a very fine
production. and / shall place it with
other papers relating to this grandest
character the world has ever produced
3. Farnham.
Many thanks for the copy of Soul
Growth of Abraham Lincoln" 1 have
read it with great interest. Never be-
fore have / read anything about Lin
coin which has so impressed me with
the greatness of the man.-W. b. Tay-
Ior, SIC Brandeis Theater Building,
Omaha, Neb.
1 dedicated a part OF this Sunday
evening to the reading aloud to my wife
and a dear family friend your brochure,
Soul Growth of Abraham Lincoln
My comrade of 1876 and friend of
these litter years, L cannot write down
here the real impression made on me
by this reading without employing lam
guage which might sound to you like
excess of eulogy. Suffice it to say that
in all the Lincoln literature which |
have read | have encountered no analy-
sis and appreciation of the character
and mission of our greatest Ameri-
can, which seemed to me to ex-
eel your own, embodied in this
modest booklet. 1t ought to have the
widest possible distribution and hold
place in every American library. In
this estimate of your work my two
auditors of tonight enthusiastically
concur, and they wish to learn where
they can obtain several copies for spe-
cial use. Thank you very, very much
for the opportunity to read this Lin
coin gem.-A. B. Nettleton, Chairman,
National Association of Surviving Union
Volunteer Officers of the Civil War, Ma
tional Metropolitan Bank Building,
Washington, d. C.
Your truly exalted conception of the
well-recOgnized need for more than
earthly council and. leadership that
came to the rescue of the Nation in the
name of Lincoln, is a most grateful as
surance that time will always approach
but never attain unto all that may be
said OF the great war President, and
the example that he set for "All Gov
ernment5 which have since become
purer iT, their aims. higher in their
ideals, and more just in their practices" :"
No printed page has presented a
higher conception of acknowledged hu-
man greatness than has the author of
Soul Growth of Abraham Lincoln" L
feel that copy of the publication
SbOn1d accOmDany the iOStallatio of