Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln: An Address Delivered by Mr. John F. Nash; At Ottawa, Illinois, February Twelfth; One Thousand Nine Hundred and Seven Finally, I saw Mr. Lincoln when he left Springfield to go to Washington never to return alive. I stood upon the north side of State House square and saw the carriages go to the depot. I did not know that he was going to speak, so I did not go down. I have always regretted that I did not. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.