Treason always operates, if possible, by surprise. W. H. Seward.
Treason and murder ever kept together as two yoke-devils, sworn to either’s purposes. Henry IV.
Washington brought the United States of America into being; Lincoln made that being immortal. George H. Smythe, Jr.
The life of Lincoln should never be passed by in silence by young or old. David Swing.
His biography is written in blood and tears.
Henry Ward Beecher.
Lincoln—not thine the sorrow, but ours, sainted soul!
Henry Ward Beecher.
Lincoln now belongs to the ages. Edwin M. Stanton.