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Lincoln, it is true, happened to be a man, if not of eminent ability, yet of eminent justness.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “Lincoln, it is true, happened to be a man, if not of eminent ability, yet of eminent justness.”
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Bagehot acknowledges Lincoln's moral integrity, despite questioning his abilities.
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We have thus a whole group of ancient republics of non-Aryan race, and one which, being more ancient than the classical republics, could not have borrowed from or imitated them.
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