...since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty ; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name no eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness...its naked deathless splendor leave it shining on. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Washington cannot be stripped of any part of his credit for patriotism, wisdom, and...

...praise seem useless as if we should light candles to illumine the sun. Abraham Lincoln was right — "To add brightness to the sun, or glory to the name of Washington, is alike impossible. Let no one attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name, and in its naked, deathless splendor leave it...

...rhetorical figure and rhythmic cadence is pure poetry, though not of an exceptional order. "In solemn awe we pronounce the name, and in its naked deathless splendor leave it shining on." In an article entitled "Lincoln's Literary Experiments," by John G. Nicolay, one of Lincoln's two private...

...the cause of civil liberty, still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name no eulogy is expected. To add brightness to the sun or glory to the name...its naked deathless splendor leave it shining on. Or note the sublime conclusion of his speech on the Sub-treasury, December, 1839: — The probability...

...Washington is the mightiest name of earth — long since mightiest in moral reformation. On that name a eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness...attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name, and iu its naked, deathless splendor leave it shining on." IW HEYSINGER 72 7 1917 THE MAGAZINE OF HISTORY...

...Abraham Lincoln stands enrolled among the foremost orators of any age. GEMS OF THOUGHT FROM LINCOLN To add brightness to the sun or glory to the name...impossible. Let none attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce his name, and in its naked, deathless splendor leave it shining on. The probability that we may fall...

...Abraham Lincoln stands enrolled among the foremost orators of any age. GEMS OF THOUGHT FROM LINCOLN To add brightness to the sun or glory to the name...impossible. Let none attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce his name, and in its naked, deathless splendor leave it shining on. The probability that we may fall...

...Washington is the mightiest name of earth — long since mightiest in moral reformation. On that name a eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness...its naked, deathless splendor leave it shining on." IW HEYSINGEB MAGAZINE OF HISTORY WITH NOTES AND QUERIES Cxtra Number — 5fa. 54 COUP RISING DOCUMENTS...

...since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name no eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness...its naked deathless splendor leave it shining on." H. NOT BIRTH BUT CHARACTER MAKES AMERICANS WASHINGTON and Lincoln are two names inseparately connected...

...since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty, still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name no eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness...attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name, and its naked deathless splendor, leave it shining on." LINCOLN AND PETER CARTWRIGHT. Abraham Lincoln had...