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Title: Lincoln centennial number
Year: 1909 (1900s)
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Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Trumbull, Lyman, 1813-1896 Presidents
Publisher: New York
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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From a photograph owned by R. W. Gilder. Half-tone plate engraved by H. DavidsonABRAHAM LINCOLN understanding. Lincolns praises are mul-tiplied in all lands by statesmen, historians,orators, poets. Added to the common ad-miring regard in which he is held, oneconstantly comes upon a peculiar interestin him, an absorbing affection for him onthe part of all sorts of people, some ofwhom were his contemporaries, and somechildren during his life, or born since his POWER OF EXPRESSION AN ELEMENT OFSUCCESSFUL LEADERSHIP It is natural that a writer should bespecially attracted to Lincoln by a studyof his recorded utterances; in otherwords, by an interest in his literary style.Too young to appreciate what may becalled the artistic quality of his speeches
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Engraved by Thomas Johnson from the original negative. Copyright, 1881, by George B. Ayrei ABRAHAM LINCOLNThis photograph was made by Hesler in Chicago, about i860 LINCOLN THE LEADER 487 and writings at the time of their delivery,it was after the war that I awoke to afull appreciation of Lincolns power ofexpression—a power which was one ofthe main elements of his strength as aleader. It is not strange that an unusual fac-ulty of expression should be found to belongto those who have risen to leadershipamong men. This expressiveness may beof various kinds. Lincoln and Gladstonehaving been contemporaries, born in thesame year, and each rising to the highestleadership in the two great English-speak-ing nations, it is natural that they shouldbe compared as to their use of languagespoken and written. Gladstones elabor-ate and persuasive eloquence, his mani-fold learning and well-stored memory,the copiousness of his diction, and thedignity, as well as the fire and energy ofhis forensic app

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