Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Addresses Delivered at the Celebration of the One Hundred and Eighth Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln: Under the Auspices of the Lincoln Centennial Association
In the public addresses at the great mass meetings in England and in Scotland, in ser mons in the various churches, in war posters, in article after article, Lincoln was held up as the model for British statesmanship and as the great leader of the people. In the most recent biography of Lincoln just published by Lord Charnwood, we find these words in the preface - It is a time when we may learn much from Lincoln's failures and success, from his patience, his modesty, his serene optimism and his eloquence, so simple and so magnificient.
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