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Title: Tributes to Abraham Lincoln
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Lloyd George, David, 1863-1945 Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lloyd George, David, 1863-1945 Presidents Presidents
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Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library

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extent to which he is also our pos-session and our pride. His courage, fortitude, patience,humanity, clemency, his trust in the people, his beliefin democracy, and, may I add, some of the phrases inwhich he gave expression to the attributes, will standout forever as beacons to quite troubled nations andtheir perplexed leaders. Resolute in war, he was mod-erate in victory. Misrepresented, misunderstood, un-derestimated, he was patient to the last. But thepeople believed in him all the time, and they stillbelieve in him. In his life he was a great American. He is an Ameri-can no longer. He is one of those giant figures, of whomthere are very few in history, who lose their nationalityin death. They are no longer Greek or Hebrew orEnglish or American—they belong to mankind. Iwonder whether 1 will be forgiven for saying that GeorgeWashington was a great American, but AbrahamLincoln belongs to the common people of every land.—Lloyd George. -□ L~)e>Yt> Ge0A*\ii4>
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With Malice Toward None, with Charity for All The preservation of the American Union, the emancipation of the slaves, are notable eventsin the worlds history. But reading the story I feel that the personality of Abraham Lincoln andhis statesmanship are in some respects even greater than those colossal events. Resolute in war, he was moderate in victory. Misrepresented, misunderstood, underesti-mated, he was patient to the last. There were those who thought he ought to have shownhis abhorrence of war by waging it half-heartedly; there were those who thought he ought tohave displayed his appreciation of victory by using it hard-heartedly. He disdained both thesecounsels, and he was often reviled by those counselors. But the people believed in him andthey still believe in him. In life he was a great American. He is American no longer. He is one of those giant fig-ures, of whom there are very few in history, who lose their nationality in death. They are nolonger Greek or Hebrew or English

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