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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Why Lincoln Laughed, by Russell Herman Conwell
Title: Why Lincoln Laughed
Author: Russell Herman Conwell
Release Date: December 28, 2011 [eBook #38423]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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WHY LINCOLN LAUGHED
Books by
RUSSELL H. CONWELL
| WHY LINCOLN LAUGHED |
| EFFECTIVE PRAYER |
| ACRES OF DIAMONDS |
| HOW A SOLDIER MAY SUCCEED AFTER THE WAR or The Corporal with the Book |
| OBSERVATION: EVERY MAN HIS OWN UNIVERSITY |
| WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR WILL POWER |
HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK
Established 1817
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
WHY
LINCOLN LAUGHED
By
RUSSELL H. CONWELL
Author of
“ACRES OF DIAMONDS”
Harper & Brothers Publishers
New York and London
MCMXXII
Why Lincoln Laughed
Copyright, 1922, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
A-W
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| Foreword | vii | |
| I. | When Lincoln Was Laughed At | 1 |
| II. | President and Pilgrim | 24 |
| III. | Lincoln Reads Artemus Ward Aloud | 38 |
| IV. | Some Lincoln Anecdotes | 51 |
| V. | What Made Him Laugh | 64 |
| VI. | Humor in the Political Situation | 82 |
| VII. | Why Lincoln Loved Laughter | 115 |
| VIII. | Lincoln and John Brown | 127 |
FOREWORD
Abraham Lincoln wrote to his law partner, William Henry Herndon, that “the physical side of Niagara Falls is really a very small part of that world’s wonder. Its power to excite reflection and emotion is its great charm.” That statement might fittingly be applied to Lincoln himself. One who lived in his time, and who has read the thousand books they say have been written about him in the half century since his death, may still be dissatisfied with every description of his personality and with every analysis of his character. He was human, and yet in some mysterious degree superhuman. Nothing in philosophy, magic, superstition, or religion furnishes a satisfactory explanation to the thoughtful devotee for the inspiration he gave out or for the transfiguring glow which at times seemed to illumine his homely frame and awkward gestures.
The libraries are stocked with books about Lincoln, written by historians, poets,