Excerpt from Lincoln Room: University of Illinois Library, Memorial the Class of 1901 The year Nineteen Hundred and Nine is memorial year for Abraham Lincoln, in which many phases of his tory concerning him and his times will be considered, and the nation's sorrow at his untimely death may justly claim a place. We read his speeches with pleasure, laugh at his jokes, take pride in his statesmanship, glory in his man hood, marvel at his patience, and are glad to honor his memory, while we almost forget the somber mountings from which the gems gleam. 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.