iLincoln Class. Book.. CDPyRIGHT DEPOSIT. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK Uniform with this Volume The Franklin Year Book. Maxims and Morals from the Great American Philoso- pher for Every Day in the Year. Compiled by Wallace Rice . . . Net $\. 00 A. C. McClurg & Co. Chicago THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK AXIOMS AND APHORISMS FROM THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR COMPILED BY WALLACE RICE COMPILER OF "the FRANKLIN YEAR BOOK' l^^^ ^^^ (^A^\y\ CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG & CO. 1 907 H^ 1- 2- Copyri'^M, 1907, A. C. McClurg & Co. Published October 12. 1907 LIBRARY of CONGRESS fvvc Cooie.s ifvc«ivs(j OCT 18 1907 CLASSA ,Uc. f»o. CdpY A. CTJjf ILakeisitif iBrtas R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS COMPANY CUICACO "- TO ^ JIfranria 3FiaIyfr Srowne Ci A FOLLOWER OF LINCOLN IN WAR AND PEACE PRINCIPLE AND PRECEPT Let us have faith that right maizes might JANUARY The dogmas of the past are inadequate to the stormy present. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JANUARY FIRST Always do the very best you can. SECOND If our sense of duty forbids, then let us stand by our sense of duty. THIRD It 's no use to- be always looking up these hard spots. FOURTH All I am in the world, I owe to the opinion of me which the people express when they call me " Honest Old Abe." F I F T H The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody is hin- dering him. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JANUARY SIX T H No one has needed favors more than I. SEVENTH Whatever is calculated to improve the condition of the honest, struggling labor- ing man, I am for that thing. EIGHTH All we want is time and patience. N I N T H I esteem foreigners as no better than other people — nor any worse. TEN T H My experience and observation have "■ - been that those who promise the most do the least. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JANUARY E LE YEN T H I did n't know anything about it, but [ thought you knew your own business best. TWE LF T H If I send a man to buy a horse for me, I expect him to tell me his points — not how many hairs there are in his tail. T H I R TEEN T H You must act. FOUR TEEN T H I will try, and do the best 1 can. F I F TEEN TH His attitude is such that, in the very selfishness of his nature, he can not but work to be successful ! THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JANUARY SIXTEEN TH Afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance in tiie race of life. S E YEN TEEN TH I want Christians to pray for me ; I need their prayers. EI GH TEEN TH The young men must not be permitted to drift away. NINE TEEN TH The free institutions we enjoy have developed the powers and improved the condition of the whole people beyond any example in the world. TWEN TI E TH I shall do nothing in malice. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JANUARY TWE NT Y- FIRS T Good men do not agree. TWE N TY - SECOND I shall, to the best of my ability, repel force by force. TWE N TY-THIRD Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors of bullets. ■ TWE N TY-FOURTH I never thought he had more than average ability when we were young men together. But, then, I suppose he thought just the same about me. TWEN TY-FIF T H Moral cowardice is something which I think 1 never had. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JANUARY TWEN TY- SIXTH The patriotic instinct of plain people. TWEN TY-SE/ENTH The face of an old friend is like a ray of sunshine through dark and gloomy clouds. TWENTY- EIGHTH Will anybody do your work for you ? TWE N TY-NIN TH My rightful masters, the American people. TH I R TIE TH Should any one in any case be con- tent that his oath shall go unkept on a merely unsubstantial controversy as to how it shall be kept ? TH I R TY - FIRST The value of life is to improve one's condition. FEBRUARY Let none falter who thinks he is right, and we may succeed. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK FEBRUARY FIRS T Labor is like any otiier commodity in the market — increase the demand for it and you increase the price of it. SECOND When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees. THIRD I say "try," for if we never try, we never succeed. FOURTH The pioneer in any movement is not generally the best man to bring that movement to a successful issue. F I F TH Defeat and failure make everything -r^ seem wrong. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK FEBRUARY SIXTH This nation cannot live on injustice. S E VENTH Sometliing had to be done, and, as there does not appear to be any one else to do it, I did it. EIGHTH Poor parsons seem always to have large families. NINTH If it be true that the Lord has appointed me to do the work you have indicated, is it not probable that he would have com- municated Icnowledge of the fact to me as well as to you? TENTH I trust I shall be willing to do my duty, though it costs my life. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK FEBRUARY ELEVENTH I hope peace will come soon, and come to stay ; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time. TWE LF T H What there is of me is self-made. T H I R T E E N T H I was young once, and 1 am sure I was never ungenerously thrust back. F O U R TEEN T H Thank God for not making me a woman, but if He had, I suppose He would have made mie just as ugly as He did, and no one would ever have tempted me. F I F TEEN T H You may say anything you like about me, — if that will help. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK FEBRUARY SIXTEENTH No men living are more worthy to be trusted than those who toil up from pov- erty — none less inclined to take, or touch, aught which they have not hon- estly earned. S E VENTEENTH As our case is new, so we must think anew. EIGHTEENTH I shall do less whenever I believe what I am doing hurts the cause ; and I shall do more whenever I believe doing more helps the cause. NINE T E E N T H No personal significance, or insignifi- cance, can spare one or another of us. TWE NT I E T H If 1 can learn God's will, I will do it. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK FEBRUARY TWEN TY-FIRST It is the nature of the case, and no one is to blame. TWEN T Y - SECOND Tell the whole truth. TWE N TY- THIRD He sticks through thick and thin, — I admire such a man. TWE NT Y- F O U R T H If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any constitutional right, it might in a moral point of view justify revolution, — cer- tainly would if such right were a vital one. TWEN TY-FIF T H My hand was tired ; but my resolution was firm. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK FEBRUARY TWE N TY-SIXTH It is a difficult role, and so much the greater will be the honor if you perform it well. TWENTY-SE V E NTH I shall write my papers myself. The people will understand them. TWENTY- EIGHTH Though much provoked, let us do nothing through passion and ill-temper. TWENTY-NINTH Have confidence in yourself, a valu- able if not indispensable quality. V,- -^ MARCH Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK MARCH FIRST Twenty thousand is as much as any man ought to want. SECOND By general law, life and limb must be protected; yet often a limb must be am- putated to save a life ; but a life is never given merely to save a limb. THIRD Trust to the good sense of the Ameri- can people. FO u R T H Let us judge not, that we be not judged. F I F T H Put the foot down firmly. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK MARCH SIXTH The occasion is piled liigh with diffi- culty, and we must rise to the occasion. S E V EN T H I bring a heart true to the work. EIGHTH The people will save their government, if the government itself will do its part only indifferently well. N I N T H Most certainly I intend no injustice to any one, and if I have done any I deeply regret it. TENTH With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK MARCH ELE YEN TH Action in tlie crisis of a nation must accord witii its necessities, and therefore can seldom be confined to precedent. TWELF TH You can't put a long sword in a short scabbard. T H I R TEEN T H "I have made it a rule of my life," f^J- said the old parson, "not to cross Fox Y\.^ ) River until 1 get to it." ^ ^' FOUR TE E NTH It is sometimes well to be humble. F I F TEEN T H Don't let joy carry you into excesses. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK MARCH SIXTEENTH Liberty is your birthright. S E YEN T E E NT H If the minority will not acquiesce, the majority must, or government will cease. E I G H TEEN T H Learn the laws and obey them. NINE T E E N T H It is easy to. conceive that all these shades of opinion, and even more, may be sincerely entertained by honest and truthful men. TWE N TIE T H It is better only sometimes to be right than at all times wrong. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK MARCH TV/EN T Y- FIRS T When you have an elephant on hand, and he wants to run away, better let him run. TWE NTY- SECOND Whatever God designs, He will do for me yet. / TWE N TY-THIRD Quarrel not at all. TWE N TY-FOURTH Let no opportunity of making a mark escape. TWE N T Y- F I F T H I want in all cases to do right; and most particularly so in all cases with women. TWE NT Y- SIX T H I should rejoice to be spared the labor of a contest, but being in I shall go it thoroughly. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK MARCH TWENTY- SEVENTH I intend discourtesy to no one. TWENTY- EI G H TH Tlie doctrine of self-government is riglit — absolutely and eternally right. TWENTY-NINTH This government is expressly charged with the duty of providing for the general welfare. T H I R TIE TH v 1 ^ ;, ^ .^ 'J We are not bound to follow implicitly r in whatever our fathers did. To do so would be to reject all progress, all im- provement. T H I R TY - FIRST Understanding the spirit of our institu- tions to aim at the elevation of men, 1 am opposed to whatever tends to degrade them. APRIL The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause which we deem to be just. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK APRIL FIRST You can fool some of the people all of the time, or all of the people some of the time ; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. SECOND He has abundant talents — quite enough to occupy all his time without devoting any to temper. THIRD I do not argue — I beseech you to make the argument for yourself. FOURTH Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for the liberties of Its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence? THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK APRIL FIFTH Lift artificial weights from all shoulders. SIXTH The purposes of the Lord are perfect and must prevail. SE VENTH Some people say they could not take very well to my proclamation, but now that I have the varioloid, I am happy to say I have something that everybody can take. EIGHTH Honest statesmanship is the employ- ment of individual meannesses for the public good. NINTH Obey God's commandments. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK APRIL TENTH Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of pur- pose between the Almighty and them. E LE V E NT H Important principles may and must be inflexible. TWELF T H There is but one duty now — to fight. T H I R TEEN T H A majority held in restraint by consti- tutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. FOUR T E E NT H This, too, shall pass away : never fear. FI F T E ENTH I am not afraid to die. '■■t. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK APRIL SIX T E E NT H I have said nothing but what I am will- ing to live by, and, if it be the pleasure of Almighty God, to die by. S E YEN T E E NT H Let us strive on to finish the work we are in. EI G H TEEN T H Give us a little more light, and a little less noise. NINE T E E NT H The wild lands of the country should be distributed so that every man should have the means and opportunity of bene- fiting his condition. TWE N TIE T H I shall try to correct errors, when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views, so fast as they shall appear to be true views. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK APRIL TWE N TY - F I R ST There is nothing like getting used to things. TWE N TY - SECOND When the white man governs himself, that Is self-government; but when he ^' governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government — that is despotism. TWE N TY- THIRD If they kill me, the next will be just as bad for them. TWE N TY- F O U RT H With Shakespeare the thought suffices. TWE N TY- F I F T H As to the crazy folks — why, 1 must take my chances. ^^ THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK APRIL TWENTY- SIXTH I think it more rare, if not more wise, for a public man to abstain from much speaking. TWENTY- S E VENTH At any rate, I will keep my part of the bargain. TWENTY- E I G H TH |/ The Lord prefers common-looking " people. That is why he made so many of them. TWE NTY-N I NT H When the time comes, I shall take the ground I think is right. THIRTIETH Let the thing be pressed. MAY Two principles have stood face to face from the beginning- of time and will ever continue to strug- gle. The one is the common right of humanity ; the other is the divine right of kings. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK MAY FIRST Revolutionize through the ballot box. SECOND Repeal all past history, not repeal human nature. you still can THIRD Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as other rights. F O U R T H / Teach men that what they can not ; take by an election, neither can they take by war. F I F TH I authorize no bargains, and will be bound by none. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK MAY SIX T H When a man is sincerely penitent for liis misdeeds, and gives satisfactory evi- dence of the same, he can safely be pardoned. 5 E VE NTH If destruction be our lot, it must spring up among ourselves. EIGHTH In a democracy, where the majority rule by the ballot through the forms of law, physical rebellions are radically wrong, unconstitutional, and are treason. N I N T H Let us be friends, and treat each other like friends. TENTH If I was less thin-skinned I should get along much better. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK MAY ELEVEN T H We will talk over the merits of the case. TWE LF TH Nothing shall be wanting on my part, if sustained by the American people and God. T H I R TEEN TH Are you not over-cautious ? FOUR TEEN TH The severest justice may not always be the best policy. F I F TEEN TH The rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible. r THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK MAY SIXTEENTH One poor man, colored though he be, with God on his side, is stronger against us than the hosts of the Rebellion. S E VENTEENTH Never fear, victory will come. E I G H TEEN T H The Lord has not deserted me thus far, and He is not going to now. NINE T EENT H I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. TWE N TIE TH Are you strong enough ? THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK MAY TWEN TY-FIRST If I do not go away from here a wiser man, I shall go away a better man. TWEN T Y - SECOND I know that liberty is right. TWEN TY-THIRD You must not give me the praise — it belongs to God. TWENTY- FOURTH It has always been a sentiment with me that all mankind should be free. TWEN T Y- F I F T H I don't pretend to be bright. TWEN TY-SIXTH It is only by the active development of events that character and ability can be tested. ^^L THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK MAY TWENTY-SE VENT H I remember a good story when I hear it , but I never invented anything original : I am only a retail dealer. TWENTY- EIGHTH Few men are tried, or so many would not fit their places so badly. TWENTY-NINTH Preach God and liberty to the "bulls" and "bears." THIRTIETH The Union is older than any of the States. T H I R TY - FIRST 1 only beg that you will not ask impos- sibilities of me. JUNE It is rather for us to he here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to the cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion, — that we here highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JUNE FIRST Let the people know the truth, and the country is safe. SECOND Men moving in an official circle are apt to become merely official — not to say arbitrary. THIRD Negroes, like other people, act upon motives. Why should they do anything for us if we will do nothing for them } FOURTH The Lord is always on the side of the right. F I F T H If I go down, I intend to go down like the "Cumberland," with my colors fly- ^ ing. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JUNE SIXTH Killing the dog does not cure the bite. s E V EN T H I am nothing, but truth is everything. EIGHTH Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. NINTH Whatever shall appear to be God's will, I v/ill do. TENTH Only those generals who gain success can be dictators. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JUNE ELEVEN T H Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws ? TV/ELF T H The Patagonians open oysters and throw the shells out of the window — until the pile gets higher than the house ; then they move. T H I R TEEN T H The question of time can not and must not be ignored. FOUR TEEN T H We must be more cheerful In the fu- ture. F I F TEEN T H Come what will, I will keep my faith with friend and foe. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JUNE SIXTEEN T H Keep in your own sphere, and there will be no difficulty. SE VENTEENTH If we could first know where we are and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do and how to do it. El G H T EENT H I am never easy, when I am handling a thought, until I have bounded it north, south, east, and west. NINE T E E NT H Others have been made fools of by the girls, but this can never be said of me; I made a fool of myself. TWENT I E T H It is not best to swap horses while crossing a stream. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JUNE TWE N TY- FIRS T I can only trust in God that I have made no mistake. TWENTY- SECOND It has been said of the world's history hitherto that "might makes right"; it is for us and for our times to reverse the maxim, and to show that right makes might. TWEN TY-TH I R D I shall stay right here and do my duty. TWEN TY- FO U R TH If we have no friends, we have no pleasure. TWEN TY-FIF T H I am older in years than I am in the tricks and trades of politicians. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JUNE TWE N TY- SIX T H Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up and shake off the existing gov- ernment and form a new one that suits them better. TWE N TY- SEVENTH Our enemies want a squabble; and that they can have if we explain; and they can not have it if we don't. TWE N TY-EIGHTH If it must be that I go down, let me go down linked to truth. TWE N TY-N I NTH I am very little inclined on any occa- sion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it. THIRTIETH Let us forget errors. JULY Our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JULY FIRST This country, with all its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit It. SECOND What is the use of putting up the gap when the fence is down all around? THIRD We hold the power — and bear the re- sponsibility. FOURTH My countrymen, if you have been taught doctrines conflicting with the great landmarks of the Declaration of Independence; if you have listened to y suggestions which would take away from its grandeur and mutilate the fair sym- metry of Its proportions; if you have been Inclined to believe that all men are not created equal in those inalienable rights enumerated by our charter of lib- erty, let me entreat you to come back. ;> ^ -^ ') <'^; THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JULY F I F T H The Fourth of July has not quite dwindled away ; it is still a great day for firecrackers. SIX T H I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Inde- pendence. SEVENTH 1 have more pegs than holes to put them in. EIGHTH The government must not undertake to run the churches. NINTH All seems well with us. TEN T H With public sentiment, nothing can fail ; without it, nothing can succeed. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JULY E L E YEN T H It is no child's play to save the princi- ples of Jefferson from total overthrow in this nation. TWE LF TH If the Ship of State should suffer v/reck now, it will never need another pilot. T H I R TEEN TH Let us see what we can do. FOUR TEEN T H I will try to go to God with my sorrows. F I F TEEN T H The wriggle to live, without toil, work, or labor, which 1 am not free from my- self. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JULY SIXTEENTH Persisting in a charge one does not know to be true is malicious slander. S E V E NTEE NTH Steer from point to point — no farther than you can see. EI G H TEENTH God bless the women of America! NINE TEENTH The churches, as such, must take care of themselves. TWENTI E TH There is no more dangerous or expen- <^ sive analysis than that which consists of trying a man. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JULY TWENTY- FIRST Answer with facts, not with arguments TWE N T Y - SECOND The nation is beginning a new life. TWE N T Y-T H I RD Better give your path to a dog than to be bitten by him in contesting for the right. TWENTY- FO U RTH Money being the object, the man hav- ing money would be the victim. TWENTY- F I F T H I have been driven many times to my Icnees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK JULY TWENTY- SIXTH Early impressions last longer. Stand with anybody who stands right, . . . and part with him when he goes wrong. TWENTY- EIGHTH My advice is to keep cool. TWEN T Y-N I N T H If destruction be our lot, we must our- selves be its author and finisher. TH I R TIE T H I have done just as much as, and no more than, the public knows. THIRTY- FIRST Many free countries have lost their liberties and ours may lose hers; but, if she shall, be it my proudest boast, not that 1 was the last to desert, but that 1 never deserted her. AUGUST I feel that I can not succeed without the Divine blessing, and on the Almighty Being I place my reliance for support. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK AUGUST FIRST It is not "Can any of us imagine bet- ter?" but "Can we all do better?" SECOND Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. THIRD Wanting to work is so rare a merit that it should be encouraged. FO U RT H We shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it. F I F T H Maintain the honor and integrity of the nation. THB LINCOLN YEAR BOOK AUGUST SIX T H I look to the American people, and to that God who has never forsaken them. S E V E NTH Secure peace through victory. EIGHTH What is the influence of fashion but the influence that other people's actions have on our actions.^ NINTH Our government rests in public opinion. TENTH Posterity has done nothing for us; and, theorize on it as we may, practically we shall do very little for it unless we are made to think we are, at the same time, doing something for ourselves. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK AUGUST E L E V E N T H I am glad to find a man who can go ahead without me. TWE LF T H If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him you are his sincere friend. T H I R T E E N T H Gold is good in its place; but living, brave, and patriotic men are better than gold. FOURTEENTH These are not the days of miracles, and I suppose 1 am not to expect a direct revelation. F I F TEEN T H Do not mix politics with your profes- . sion. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK AUGUST SIXTEENTH The first reformer in any movement lias to meet with such a hard opposition, and gets so battered and bespattered, that afterward, when people find they have to accept his reform, they will accept it more easily from another man. S E V E NT EENT H Versatility is an injurious possession, since it can never be greatness. EI G H T EENT H A jury has too frequently at least one <^J member more ready to hang the panel ', than to hang the traitor. NINE T EENT H It is a cheering thought throughout life, that something can be done to ameliorate the condition of those who have been subjected to the hard usages of the world. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK AUGUST TWE N T I E T H With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others the same word may mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men's labor. TWEN T Y- FIRS T Great distance in either time or space has wonderful power to lull and render quiescent the human mind. TWENTY- SECOND We are going through with our task. TWEN TY-TH I RD I do not impugn the motives of any one opposed to me. TWEN TY- F O U RTH Human nature will not change. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK AUGUST TWEN TY- F I F TH Beware of rashness ! TWENTY- SIXTH It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels he is worthy of himself. TWENTY- S E V ENTH All should have an equal chance. TWE N TY- EI G H TH I hope to be false to nothing you have been taught to expect of me. TWE N TY-N I N TH All honor to Jefferson ! THIRTIETH It is the man who does not want to express an opinion whose opinion I want. T H I R TY-FIRS T I hope I am a Christian. SEPTEMBER I feel that the time is coming when the sun shall shine, the rain fall, on no man who shall go forth to unrequited toil. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK SEPTEMBER FIRST Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much the higher consideration. SECOND Come, let us reason together, like the honest fellows we are. THIRD There is no such thing as a free man being fixed for life in the condition of a hired laborer. FOURTH There is, and probably always will be, a relation between labor and capital pro- ducing mutual benefits. F I F T H Labor is prior to and independent of capital. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK SEPTEMBER SIXTH This is a land where freedom of speech is gualranteed. S E V E NTH Workingmen are the basis of all gov- ernments. EIGHTH Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world ? NINTH The man does not live who is more devoted to peace than I. TEN T H How hard it is to leave one's country no better than if one had never lived in it! THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK SEPTEMBER E L E YEN T H Keep the jewel of liberty in the family of freedom. TWE LF TH Among freemen there can be no suc- cessful appeal from the ballot to the bullet. T H I R TEEN T H I have done all 1 could for the good of mankind. FOUR TEEN T H It is my constant anxiety and prayer that 1 and this nation should be on the Lord's side. F I F TEEN TH No man is good enough to govern U another man without that other's con-^'' sent. ^ THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK SEPTEMBER SIX TEEN TH What will the country say ? S E VENTEENTH Mediocrity is sure of detection. E I G H TEEN TH Washington was a happy man, because he was engaged in benefiting his race. NINE TEENTH When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion — kind, un- assuming persuasion — should ever be adopted. TWEN T I E T H If all that has been said by orators and poets since the creation in praise of women were applied to the women of America, it would not do them full jus- tice for their conduct during the war. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK SEPTEMBER TWENTY- FIRS T There is something ludicrous in prom- ises of good or threats of evil a great way off. TWE N T Y - SECOND Object whatsoever is possible, still the question recurs, "Can we do better?" TWENTY- THIRD I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Al- mighty God. TWE N T Y - F O U R T H God is with us. TWENTY- F I F T H Intemperance is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, of all evils among man- kind. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK SEPTEMBER TWE N TY-SIX T H When any church will inscribe over its altar, as its sole qualification for membership, the Saviour's condensed statement of both law and gospel, that church will I join with all my heart and soul. TWENTY- SEVENTH Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but the victory is sure to come. TWEN TY- EI GHTH \ The first necessity is of proving that popular government is not an absurdity. TWEN TY-N I NT H People seldom run unless there is something to run from. TH I R TIE TH Allow the people to do as they please with their own business. OCTOBER Great statesmen as they (the Fathers of the Republic) were, they knew the tendency of pros- perity to breed tyrants, and so they established these great self-evident truths, that when in the future some man, some faction, some interest, should set up the doctrine that none but rich men, none but white men, or none but Anglo-Saxon white men were entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, their posterity might look up again to the Declaration of Independence and take courage to renew the battle which their fathers began, so that truth and justice and mercy and all the humane and Christian virtues might not be extinguished from the land; so that no man would hereafter dare to limit and circumscribe the great principles on which the temple of liberty was being built THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK OCTOBER FIRS T Nothing stamped with the Divine image and likeness was sent into the world to be trodden on and degraded and im- bruted by its fellows. SECOND You must remember that some things legally right are not morally right. '^ THIRD Mercy bears richer rewards than strict justice. FO U RTH No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. F I F TH It is not much in the nature of man to be driven to do anything. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK OCTOBER SIXTH All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my mother. S E YE N T H The times are too grave and perilous for ambitious schemes and personal rivalries. EIGHTH ^ ^ .^ 5 Act as becomes a patriot. NINTH Suspicion and jealousy never did help any man in any situation. TENTH If danger ever reaches us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. ELE V E NT H I can 't take pay for doing my duty. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK OCTOBER TWE L F T H I have not willingly planted a thorn in any man's bosom. T H I R T E E N T H We had better have a friend than an enemy. FOURTEENTH In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free. F I F T E E N T H No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal con- tention. SIXTEENTH There is no grievance that is a fit sub- ject of redress by mob law. S E YEN T E E NT H Punishment has to follow sin. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK OCTOBER EI G H T E E N T H Let us to the end dare to do our duty. NINE T E E N T H Few can be induced to labor exclu- sively for posterity, and none will do it enthusiastically. TWENT I E T H It is a quality of revolutions not to go by old lines or old laws, but to break up both and make new ones. TWENT Y - EI R ST Military glory — that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood. TWEN TY - SEC O N D Pleasures to be enjoyed, or pains to be endured, after we shall be dead and gone, are but little regarded. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK OCTOBER TWE N TY-T H I R D Allow all the governed an equal voice in the government ; that, and that alone, is self-government. TWE N TY-FOURTH The universal sense of mankind on any subject is an argument, or at least an influence, not easily overcome. TWE N TY- F I F T H Without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God and go .O. forward without fear and with manly hearts. TWE N TY- SIXTH Unless among those deficient of intel- lect, every one you trade with makes ^ something. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK TWENTY- S E V ENTH 9 OCTOBER M m m ;'-v||r^ Implore the compassion and forgive- te ness of the Almighty, that he may %j enlighten the nation to know and to do His will. TWE N TY - E I G H T H We should look beyond our noses. TWENTY-N I N TH Labor for all now living, as well as all hereafter to live. THIRTIETH I have acted upon my best convictions, without selfishness or malice. T H I R TY-FIRST Success does not so much depend upon external help as on self-reliance. NOVEMBER All are of the great family of men, and if there is one shackle upon any of them, if would be far better to lift the load. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK NOVEMBER FIRS T Men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly responsible through time and in eternity. SECOND Never mind if you are a count ; you shall be treated with just as much con- sideration, for all that. THIRD If Almighty God gives a man a cow- ardly pair of legs, how can he help their running away with him ? FOURTH It is against my principles to contest a clear matter of right. F I F T H The strife of elections is but human nature applied to the facts of the case. ^^-w. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK NOVEMBER SIXTH How nobly distinguished that people who shall have planted and nurtured y both the political and moral freedom of their species! SEVENTH If we succeed, there will be glory enough. EIGHTH Office seekers are a curse to the country. NINTH Justice to all. TENTH It must be somebody's business. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK NOVEMBER E LE V E N T H Every man has a right to be equal to every other man. TWE L F T H N/' Happy day, when, all appetites con- trolled, all passions subdued, all matter subjugated, mind, conquering mind, shall live and move, the monarch of the world ! TH I R TEEN TH We will be remembered in spite of ^'' ourselves. '^ FOUR TEEN T H 1 don't know anything about money. 1 never had enough of my own to fret me. FI F TE ENT H Heal the wounds of the nation. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK NOVEMBER SIXTEENTH I am not at liberty to shift my ground 'M — that is out of the question. S E VE NTEEN TH For thirty years I have been a tem- perance man, and I am too old to change. EI G H TEENTH The heart is the great highroad to man's reason. NINE TEENTH Hope to all the world for all future time. TWEN TIE TH jTf \5J' ^^^ young men must not wait to be ^ ^" hrniicfht fnrwiirH hv the. older men. brought forward by the older men. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK NOVEMBER TWE N T Y- FIRS T Hold firm as a chain of steel. TWE N T Y - SECOND One war at a time. TWE N T Y - THIRD I did not break my sword, for I had none to break, but I bent my musket pretty badly. TWENTY - F O U R T H Meet face to face and converse to- gether — the best way to efface unpleas- ant feeling. TWENTY- F I F T H And now for a day of Thanksgiving ! TWENTY- SIX T H The influence of fashion is not confined 5 to any particular thing or class of things. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK NOVEMBER TWENT Y SB V E NT H Before I resolve to do the one thing or 'A| the other, I must gain my confidence in /I my own ability to keep my resolves when they are made. TWENTY- EIGHTH Such of us as have never fallen vic- tims to intemperance have been spared more from the absence of appetite than from any mental or moral superiority over those who have. TWEN TY-N I N T H ^^ Our political revolution of 1776 was the germ that has vegetated, and still is to grow into the universal liberty of man- kind. T H I R TIE T H By mutual concessions we should harmonize and act together. DECEMBER Teach hope to all — despair to none. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK DECEMBER FIRST Rise up to the height of a generation of free men worthy of a free government. SECOND Let us be quite sober. THIRD We prefer a candidate who will allow the people to have their own way, regard- less of his private opinion. FOURTH The people's will is the ultimate law for all. F I F TH I shall do my utmost that whoever is to hold the helm for the next voyage shall start with the best possible chance of saving the ship. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK DECEMBER SIX T H My gratitude is free from all sense of personal triumph. S E YEN TH How to do something, and not to do too much, is the desideratum. EIGHTH We mean to be as deliberate and calm as it is possible to be ; but as firm and resolved as it is possible for men to be. NINTH He that will fight to keep himself a slave, ought to be a slave. TENTH If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing 1 was right would make no difference. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK DECEMBER E LE V E N T H Under all this seeming want of life and motion, the world does move neverthe- less. TWE L F T H I shall never be old enough to speak without embarrassment when 1 have nothing to talk about. T H I R TEEN T H It adds nothing to my satisfaction that another man shall be disappointed. C " F O U R TEEN T H Take your full time. F I F TEEN T H I surely will not blame them for not doing what I should not know how to do c^ myself. '^- THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK DECEMBER SIXTEENTH The man and the dollar, but, in case of conflict, the man before the dollar. SEVEN T E E N T H The strongest bond of human sympa- thy, outside of the family relation, should be one uniting all working people, of all nations, and tongues, and kindreds. E I G H T E E N T H We can see the past, though we may not claim to have directed it; and seeing — it, we feel more hopeful and confident for DC the future. NINE T E E N T H Squirming and crawling around can do no good. TWE NT I E T H I wish to see all men free. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK DECEMBER TWENTY- FIRS T Let them laugh, so long as the thing works well. TWENTY- SECOND Let there be peace. TWE N TY - THIRD The age is not yet dead. TWE N TY- F O U RT H With malice toward none, with charity for all. TWE N TY- F I F T H Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country. TWE N TY- S I X T H Be hopeful. THE LINCOLN YEAR BOOK DECEMBER TWENTY- S E V E NTH Let not him who is homeless piill down the house of another. TWENTY- EIGHTH The struggle for to-day is not altogether for to-day — it is for a vast future. TWENTY-NINTH We can not escape history. TH I R TIE T H We here highly resolve that the dead shall not have died in vain ; that the na- tion shall, under God, have a new birth of freedom ; and that the government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth. T H I R TY-FIRS T Let us dare to do our duty as we un- derstand it. <^'^T i«'7Qn7 «C«PY DO- TOCAT WVJ OCi 19 J907 OCT 26 ftKV