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I told him the famous story of Lincoln's reply to the man who had left with him his poem to read, when he gave it back.
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Hoar recounts a famous story about Lincoln's response to a poet, illustrating Lincoln's character and wit.
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But their names were wanting from the honorable roll of the men who accomplished them.
Certainly if he had performed the promise of his boyhood he would have been one of the foremost men in American literature.
What was said helped to arouse public attention, and the masses of the people--always pure and incorruptible--set themselves earnestly and successfully to reform the abuses.
And now, after the war, another enemy, unarmed, but bringing even greater danger, menaces the Republic.
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