and was comfortably situated, but it was evident to her friends that her mind was unbalanced by the immeasurable shock it had received, and in hopes of obtaining relief for her, she was taken to a private retreat at Batavia. On leaving there she was thought to be improved both in physical and mental condition. Soon thereafter she went to Europe, remaining about three years. Returning to this city, she made her home with her sister. With the exception of her trip to New York before mentioned, and a few other brief visits to friends, she has kept herself secluded during later years, and nothing apparently could arouse in her any ambition to mingle with people and shake off, if possible, the thrall of grief. She was a woman of great physical strength, and this doubtless aided to bring her through the long years intervening since her husband's death. In her death the family of Abraham Lincoln is reduced to one only."

On the 19th the "funeral" took place, the following account of which is taken from "The Cincinnati Enquirer:"

"The altar presented a beautiful appearance, covered as it was with magnificent floral decorations. The floral offerings of the citizens of Springfield consisted of four pieces. The largest piece was a large cross and anchor surmounted by a crown. The base was composed of double hollyhocks, tuberoses, and pansies, arranged in the most beautiful and attractive manner. The next beautiful piece was the 'Gates Ajar,' composed of carnation pinks and tuberoses. A very beautiful pillow of carnation pinks and tuberoses, with the words, 'From the Citizens of Springfield,' worked in forget-me-nots; and last, but not least, was an open Bible, composed of carnation pinks and tuberoses, with the name 'Mary Lincoln' inscribed on the open pages in forget-me-nots. Besides these there were other floral offerings which were very beautiful.

"As the casket was carried from the church, the choir sang, 'Rest, Spirit, Rest.' The cortege then re-formed and proceeded to the Lincoln monument at Oak Ridge, where a still larger crowd had congregated. The hearse was driven to the south

side of the monument, while the friends proceeded to the northern side. The remains were here taken in charge by the pall-bearers, and escorted by the Lincoln Guard of Honor. They proceeded to the door of the crypt, while the friends approached from the north. The casket was laid by the side of the sarcophagus in which lie the remains of her illustrious husband.

"Over the doorway leading to the crypt the name 'Lincoln' appeared in flowers, and the walls on the interior were completely lined with living green, interspersed with floral emblems, while resting against the sarcophagus was a lyre, and on it a large cross composed of beautiful blossoms.

"All the State officers, city officers, and Federal Court officers attended in a body. Hon. Robert T. Lincoln, Secretary of War, and the only surviving member of the family, was the chief mourner.

"The national colors all day long were suspended at halfmast over the State-house, the Federal Court building, and the court-house.

"On Mrs. Lincoln's fore-finger was her wedding-ring, bearing the inscription, 'A. L. to Mary. Love is Eternal.' The inscription on the silver plate of the casket is Mary, wife of Abraham Lincoln.""

Robert Todd Lincoln, the only remaining child of President Lincoln, was chosen as a member of the Cabinet of President Garfield, and was continued in the same position by his successor. The following, it is said, is a part of one of Mr. Lincoln's last conversations with this fine son:

"Well, my son, you have returned safely from the front. The war is now closed, and we soon will live in peace with the brave men that have been fighting against us. I trust that the era of good feeling has returned with the end of the war, and that henceforth we shall live in peace. Now, listen to me, Robert: you must lay aside your uniform, and return to college. I wish you to read law for three

years, and at the end of that time, I hope that we will be able to tell whether you will make a lawyer or not."

These words are all characteristic of Mr. Lincoln, one of the most extraordinary men of any country or age; a man who, in a marked degree, stood alone among the Presidents, and indeed, all his countrymen. While his personal ambition, during a great part of his life, was that of the mere politician, his thoughts, acts, and conduct were mainly those of a statesman, in the highest sense of that term. While he thought he was the humblest man who had ever been President, he sincerely believed that he was an instrument in the hands of God for the work which was accomplished under him. And who will say not so?

May Heaven forever bless and his countrymen forever cherish the good deeds and the good name of Abraham Lincoln !

CHAPTER XXX.

SOME SAYINGS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

[OLDING it a sound maxim, that it is better only

HOLDING &ta be right than at all times wrong, so

sometimes to be

soon as I discover my opinions to be erroneous, I shall be ready to renounce them. (Address to the people of Sangamon County in 1832 or 1833.)

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow-men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. (Address to the people of Sangamon County, 1832 or 1833.)

The institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy. (Protest against resolutions in Illinois Legislature favoring slavery, March 3, 1837.)

My way of living leads me to be about the courts of justice; and there I have sometimes seen a good lawyer, struggling for his client's neck, in a desperate case, employ every artifice to work around, befog, and cover up with many words, some position pressed upon him by the prosecution, which he dared not admit, and could not deny. (Speech on the Mexican War, January 12, 1848.)

Any people, anywhere, being inclined, and having the power, have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable, a most sacred right; a right,

which we hope, and believe, is to liberate the world. (Same speech.)

It is a quality of revolutions not to go by old lines or old laws; but to break up both, and make new ones. (Same speech.)

As a nation should not, and the Almighty will not, be evaded, so let him attempt no evasion, no equivocation. (Same speech.)

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him. Allow me to assure you that suspicion and jealousy never did help any man in any situation. (Letter to Herndon, July 10, 1848.)

An honest laborer digs coal at about seventy cents a day, while the President digs abstractions at about seventy dollars a day. (Internal improvement speech June 20, 1848.)

The true rule in determining to embrace or reject anything, is not whether it have any evil in it, but whether it have more of evil than of good. There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. (Speech on internal improvements, June 20, 1848.)

I insist that if there is anything that it is the duty of the whole people never to intrust to any hands but their own, that thing is the preservation and perpetuity of their own liberties and institutions. And if they shall think, as I do, that the extension of slavery endangers them more than any or all other causes, how recreant to themselves if they submit the question, and with it, the fate of their country, to a handful of men bent on temporary self-interest. (Speech in answer to Mr. Douglas at Peoria, October, 1854.)

This declared indifference, but as I must think real zeal for the spread of slavery, I can not but hate. I hate