The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-07

profited greatly by contact with "the
courteous, suave skill Of the one and
the keen. ~daggerlike logic OF the
other" And in those days when there
was room for every mar to swing the
! arms of his individuality We are not
10 overlook the tavern friends met in
the course of the p~lcader's peregrina-
tons: william Engle OF Sugar Grove.
| farmer. country merchant, Campbellite
preacher. Democratic politician and
member of the state Legislature. full
OF homely wit and apt anecdote: Pam
tier Of Sa ndridgc, farmer. sawmill
! owner and fortune teller: Menter Gra-
ham. the typical old time school
teacher ''uf the educated class" when
not all teachers were educated beyond
| the rudi,ncnts they undertook to i'm
part, who taught Lincoln surveying
and the English grammar and lent
him good books.
The chapter on 'Lincoln's farewell
address at Springfield. February II.
1861. on his departure for the inaugu-
ration. describes the emotions OF the
rrcsident-elcct and his old friends and
r~eiyhbors. When. just before leaving
| time. Lincoln appeared at the real
door of his car IL" seemed surprised
AT the size and enthusiasm Of the as
semblaEe. When the applause sub
sided he delivered the short speech
watch the author reproduces In this
form:
My Friends-No one not In my situa-
ton can apprs ciatc my feelings Of sadness
at this parting. To this place and the
kindness Of this people ] owe everything.
Here | have lived a quarter OF . cen.
fury, and have passed from a young TO an
old man. Here my children were born aud
one lies buried.
| now leave. no. knowing when. or
whether ever. I may return. with a task
before me greater :han that which rested
on The shoulders Of Washington.
, without the aid OF that Divine Being
Who ever aided him, Who controls mine
and all destinies, | cannot succeed. with
tina, assistance I cannot fail.
Trusting in Him who can 20 with me
and remain with you. and be everywhere
for good. 10; us confidently hope that all
Nh be welt
To His care commanding you. as 7 hope
In your payers You Will me. I
bid YOU, friends and neighbor.. an anec.
ticraic farewell.
Most VI those friends and n~eighbors
had expected some disclosure OF the
Presidential purposes and policies ;
some had predicted that Mr.. Lincoln
would leave in silence. In Mr.. Rankin's
recollection al were so.n what disap-
pointed 1T the timc. The President
elect maintained outward composurc:
the force NJ his emotion was p~erccptl-
bic only through the trcmblc in his
. Nni,a He -tnia NtfthAt,f ppSttrn ,nl
there was nothing to meet the excite
mcnt OF his audience. Like the Gettys-
burg address. this one was lsas, apprc-
eiatcd AT the time Of its u~ttcrance:
Ike IL. too. its merits slowly gained
due recognition. lniHc IL. I; was not
taken down verbatim Mr.. Rankin
has 'iScG his tcNt 10y comparing notes
taken 1T the t,m', and MS version is
indorsed by several friends Of Lincoln
who heard IL.
Was the address ~.nprovised" MIR.
Rankin thinks not. lie asked Mr..
Hrrnd5n about T.: Hcrndon said that
AT Their last tar IN the office the night
before j." had asked Lincoln IL he
would spe X, and Tho reply was that
thore would p~rohah.y he no occasion
i". llerndon romarkiug tina there
would bc many persons present anN-
.ous "a hear al official word on the
distracted condition Of the country.
Lincoln was silent. Herndon thought,
hui could Not h' sure, that the Prcsi-
dent-c'"ct had before COINS to slecI
that night worked nj in his mind
'hesc rer'rks IN preparation for
meeting a possible demand. While the
people OF Springfield had their minds
on the national capital. Lincoln hal
Lis on the Illinois town and the friends
he was leaving.
"Thcse few sentences" says Mr..
Rankin, were the fruitage of one
OF l.incoln's brooding. concentrated
moods" In a chapter on character
istic Moods of Abraham Lincoln he
sorts Lincoln's "temperamental peculi-
a%rities' into three moods First
that OF concentration. when the
thinker was absolutely impenetrable'
10 any idea but tho one on which his
attention was Immediately centred.
Utterly ohlivinus tn his surroundings,
his every faculty was focused upon
tho fact or problem before him. This
was the mood" In which he worked
out his Presidential problems. and II
may explain some NJ the peculiar trials
Mrs. Lincoln endured. and to which
she could not AT all times pleasantly
adjust herself
The second mood was "a blank. I'M
~appruachah.. habit ~ inner meditation
at times "a somhre. black melancholy
In this mood he was a man apart. II
was this mood. in the darker days of
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