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Did you ever see a man who struts around altogether too large to notice an ordinary working mechanic? Do you think he is great? He is nothing but a puffed up balloon, held down by his big feet. There is no greatness there. DID YOU EVER SEE A MAN WHO STRUTS AROUND ALTOGETHER TOO LARGE TO NOTICE AN ORDINARY WORKING MECHANIC DO YOU THINK HE IS GREAT HE'S NOTHING BUT A PUFFED UP BALLOON HELD DOWN BY HIS BIG FEET THERE IS NO GREATNESS THERE
 was so familiar, so everyday, so farmer-like, that I felt right at home with him at once. He then took hold of another roll of paper, and looked up at me and said, “Good morning.” I took the hint then and got up and went out. After I had gotten out I could not realize I had seen the President of the United States at all. But a few days later, when still in the city, I saw the crowd pass through the East Room by the coffin of Abraham Lincoln, and when I looked at the upturned face of the murdered President I felt then that the man I had seen such a short time before, who, so simple a man, so plain a man, was one of the greatest men that God ever raised up to lead a nation on to ultimate liberty. Yet he was only “Old Abe” to his neighbors. When they had the second funeral, I was invited among others, and went out to see that same coffin put back in the tomb at Springfield. Around the tomb stood Lincoln’s old neighbors, to whom he was just “Old Abe.” Of course that is all they would say. RASS BETWEEN THE ROCKS HE WAS SO FAMILIAR SO SO EVERY DAY SO FARMER LIKE THAT I FELT RIGHT AT HOME WITH HIM AT ONCE HE THEN TOOK HOLD OF ANOTHER ROLL OF PAPER AND LOOKED UP AT ME AND SAID GOOD MORNING I TOOK THE HINT THEN AND GOT UP AND WENT OUT AFTER I HAD GOTTEN OUT I COULD NOT REALIZE I HAD SEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AT ALL BUT A FEW DAYS LATER WHEN STILL IN THE CITY I SAW THE CROWD PASS THROUGH THE EAST ROOM BY THE COFFIN OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND WHEN I LOOKED AT THE UPTURNED FACE OF THE MURDERED PRESIDENT I FELT THEN THAT THE MAN I HAD SEEN SUCH A SHORT TIME BEFORE WHO SO SIMPLE A MAN SO PLAIN A MAN WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST MEN THAT GOD EVER RAISED UP TO LEAD A NATION ON TO ULTIMATE LIBERTY YET HE WAS ONLY OLD ABE TO HIS NEIGHBORS WHEN THEY HAD THE SECOND FUNERAL I WAS INVITED AMONG OTHERS AND WENT OUT TO SEE THAT SAME COFFIN PUT BACK IN THE TOMB AT SPRINGFIELD AROUND THE TOMB STOOD LINCOLN'S OLD NEIGHBORS TO WHOM HE WAS JUST OLD ABE OF COURSE THAT WAS ALL THEY WOULD SAY
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