Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln: A Sermon The great republic is no more. The bubble is burst. When Abraham Lincoln entered the White House he was believed in completely almost by none. He was freely calledan ape, a satyr, 'a stupid blockhead. During the first days of defeat in the civil war his friends held themselves aloof. He was unsupported or conspired against by his Cabinet. He was caricatured in London and Paris and maligned at home, until on one occasion, after reading a most violent and scurrilous attack upon hischaracter and motives by a distinguished American, he said, Abraham Lincoln, are you a man or a dog? 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.