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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV ABRAHAM LINCOLN ? THE PRINCE OF WALES? FERNANDO WOOD THURLOW WEED ? HUGH HASTINGS DANIEL S. DICKINSON AND MRS. DICKINSON It was in Albany that I was a witness to, and a participant in, two occasions, both memorable, and one of them marking an epoch in this country's history. This latter was the passage of Abraham Lincoln through the old Dutch city, as he journeyed from his Western home to Washington, there to be installed as an immortal President of these United States. We all know how Abraham Lincoln looked. His face is enshrined in our memories, as his virtues are in our hearts; but certainly my first sight of that extraordinary man was a startling experience. He sat in an open carriage; and as, from time to time, he rose to bow to the solidly massed people who made the air resonant with their welcoming cheers, the impression that he gave was that his length was endless. And his hands Was there ever, before or since, such a pair of hands? There did not appear to be any wrist in the scheme of his anatomy: his great gnarled hand seemed to run straight up to reach his long, gaunt arm. His face It was rugged and rough; but from his dark, deep-set eyes there shone, and about the lines of his mouth there played, such a tender kindliness, such a soft influence, that one was led to forget his personal peculiarities and to feel that to find shelter beneath that benignant gaze would be to find safety. The other memorable day in Albany was that on which the Prince of Wales visited that city. Of course we are all good republicans, but there is no denying that Americans dearly love a lord,?and the mere sight of a prince Well,? that quiet, staid, Dutchly, phlegmatic little town went fairly wild at the sight of the slender, fair-haired boy. The neighb...
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