... Selections from the writings of Abraham Lincoln

Front matter

LINCOLN

SELECTIONS

HAMILTON

Preface

A close student of Lincoln for many years past, I have in the preparation of this volume made use of all the standard works on the subject, and have, in addition, read several hundred short articles which toucli his life, character, personality, and writings. As a result my obligations are so varied that it is an utter impossibility to acknowledge them all individually in any reasonable limits of space.

I wish, however, to acknowledge my deep indebtedness for permission to use certain of the selections to Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons, publishers of the Constitutional Edition of Lincoln's Writings and of The Writings of Carl Scliurz; to the Century Company for similar permission to use Abraham Lincoln's Complete Works (edited by Nicolay and Hay) ; to Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons for permission to include a selection from Mary R. S. Andrews's The Perfect Tribute, and to the Macmillan Company for an extract from Ida M. Tarbell's Life of Abraham Lincoln,

I am under heavy obligations to my wife for invaluable assistance in making the selections, in the editorial work, and in the preparation of the manuscript.

Chapel Hill, N. C.

December, 1921

Contents

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Preface 3

Bibliographical Note 10