I think possibly the finding in your mind
of a man to whom you can sell goods depends principally upon your belief
that when you make your dash on him you forget what he will think of
_you_. You have the willingness to sacrifice all that to the one object
before you. In the possible places of attack which you reject, you are
not yet willing to make that sacrifice. You know
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
was a great man. Why? Well, here is one reason. The little men came to
him one day with horror spread upon their narrow features. Said they:
"O, Mr. Lincoln, we have just discovered that Grant drinks whisky. We
have come to ask you to put a Temperance General in control of the more
important of his actions. He has the lives of our children and our
friends in his hands. Save us from his liability to plunge us all in
general blood!" Now this was after Vicksburg. Mr. Lincoln took an
interest in this revelation that elated the petitioners. "You are quite
sure he drinks whisky, are you?" "O, yes.
HE WAS DRUNK AT SHILOH."
"Well, will you not try hard to find out where he gets his whisky?" said
Old Abe; "I want some of it for my other generals!"
This man Abraham Lincoln wanted to put down the Rebellion for the sake
of both the North and the South.
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