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gEarly Tragedy Made Lincoln “Man of Sorrow’
Ann Rutledge, F irst- Love, Was His Inspiration
“rm; Men oi: Sorrow." Abuium
Lincoln has been called.
A3 a. youth he wu oi: u serioul.
scLer nature. Early manhood round
him more serious. Then came the
tragedy of his lite—the death or
his first love. Ann Rutledge. ,They
_hjr-L in 1832. Her death occurred
August. 25, 1835.
Lincoln. in later yearn, laid
rankly that she hud been the
greatest spiritual help in his lite.
From the time of their meeting
uzzll the illness which caused her
death ahe was his inspiration. Her
dezith iett him grief-stricken—a. ,
i w: um showed itselt in his. com-
;.;zssion toward others. hie sympa-
tiiy {or his feiiowmen end his hesi-
iazvry—that was otten taken for
m i: «cowardice —— to plunge his
iii-where into conflict and, sorrow.
The woman he married later ’
r iisni the Lincoln homestead with
an iron hand. Lincoln seldom re-
:iznnstrated with her, even when she
"300k to ordering" members of his
(:1lllnt't around during the hectic
e e of the war. His attitude to-
iier was always one of re-
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llllflt‘l’ the title of "Ann Rut- lions toward millions.
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371“?" follow: . Shining with justice and truth.
I am Ann Rutledge who sleep
beneath these weak.
0'“ 0' "19 unworthy and {In- Beloved or Abram Lincoln.
' known “'edded to him not through
1 ho x iiimtions of dmthlws union,
music:
But through separation.
Bloom former, 0 Republic.
From the dust of my bimom'
‘ “itli nmlioo toward none, with
l linrity for all. "
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'WHITMAN’S CLASSIC TRIBUTE
TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN
One at the grandest 0: all the poems of “fan \\'liitman. Amrricn‘s
grrnc port. is his "0 Captain! My Captalni. " n tribiito to Lincoin;
0 Captain! my Captain! our i'L-aii'ul tiip is done,
The ship has weathered every rock, the prize we sought is won.
The port is near. the boils ] hear. the people all exultlng.
While follow eyes the steady keel, the \cesel grim and daring
But 0 heart! heart! heart!
0 the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies.
Fallen cold and (load.
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Those are important dates in Ali-larva. 0n iiin (‘Xllll‘daloi'l of his trini~
Republican ronmmion at Chicago! moms FlW‘f‘i"ll at the dedication of tho
. . rah-Tm Lincoln‘s “”0911 h was not a candidate for reveloc- ‘0’ the presidency. National cometPry on the battlefield
4) L'nptam! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells: _ ‘ I “f C-"tvvhu" .
Rise up——r.or you the ting ii- flung—{or you the bugle thrills. Vol). 1:. li‘wwliorn in Hardin. “W- '56“: 6.—Llccted president of the t ' i -‘ ‘3'
For 3'0“ bouquets and ”1""de wreaths—{or 3'0“ “"3 shores COUMF. K'THUWRI'H lii'I-—O"i'(’l‘mi the governor-ship of med States. Nov. '9. 1‘64—liloried the second i
acrowdlng. \ > p 9 ‘ A _ ' j , _‘ _ K Y ’. _ ‘ , v *1.
I or \‘011 they cnll the swaying mass their eager fncr‘s turning: Anrii :1, lsgtmluirwtrti (”Ill‘lf'ilnlvof ’i tho t"i‘rii0ry oi .Umwn b} Prosld"!!! -iarch 4. 1861 Inausdramd. time to the prvmdonm. »
Here. Captnln' dc.” father! ' . n comp-.‘itny‘raijrd 1?; hull;lil‘nlrl.“':l!:_ 'I‘tqlm‘. Ho doclmml. April 13' ISM—Issued a call for July 1“, 1864—980X“, open letter
This arm beneath 30‘” head. {or son (‘0 n ‘19 J at i i 'L ' Hit—Ream: a s: HP.“ of ”mm“: m, 75.000 tlii'vn-month militiamen to llll‘clllilll liumim ‘urm iv to southern
n11.” eomefdlroam :gat (singing dock l<33-ADPoin1rd postm “isw‘r ’m‘ i ii "i ll {3 i0 15 ('n the TFDC'II of put down the "rebellion" in tl10;:ignnis in ("unadm siniinc tr‘rme up.
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My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still. f“3$31"m‘ Hold the "mt 1h imp \IiSSOiirl compiomise and the 1
My father does not feel my arm. he has no pulse nor “iii, 3‘“ ‘ \; ”wry qli(SllOll. March 6. maze—Sen a special ‘Apzli ii, JSGS—lh‘liverod hie lest:
'l‘hr‘ ship is anchored 8am and sound. its voyage closed and iii-n“. 1834—Elu‘icd :1. member of 1m _ __ mf‘ssage to comrross inriosing a resn- speovh on mimic niiairs in front of
i-‘rnm ionri’ul trip the victor ship com-.35 in with olijict “on; legislature. l:l'~ki0i"v\'d in 15.16, 1““ 1QF‘Q—c0mm‘ nmml in: SCSLGS of luiion offering pecuniary nid to the cxccuthu mansion.
15311“. 0 shown. and ring. 0 bolls! amt 154:, after which ha lii‘t‘linbi] 1‘11““? dlsi‘USFion-‘i' i“'~_‘ ' ‘3“3‘0" stains that would adopt the gradual ' r, “h t bv J hn
But I. with mmirnml trend. fur'iiv‘r election i Douglas on tho, .slmer) question. abolishment of “mp”; Ami] 14, is if”... 0 ' _ 0
Wall: the dock my Captain lies. ‘ ‘ !\\hicli (*Sinblishi‘tl his reviuiaiion an \V‘ilkes Boom in Pox-(is imam,
Fallon cold and dead. 15135—120325an margin; of law in ’ (mo «t‘ the leading or-I‘irnrs of thr.‘ Jan. 1. JSGS—ISSU-"d fl prorianm» \‘s'nshingfoii.
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