Excerpt from President Lincoln, Self-Pourtrayed The main source from which the original papers were derived, was Mr. Raymond's earlier work, the History of the Administration of President Lincoln (new York, now superseded by his Life and Public Services Of Abraham Lincoln. From this latter volume I have borrowed, with but few exceptions, the additions now introduced. An earlier article by myself, also published in Good Words, has also been appended. I need hardly say that the work in no sense pretends to be a biography Of the late Presi dent, the greater part Of whose life is known as yet only in outline to the public. 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.