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Yet he was only "Old Abe" to his neighbors. YET HE WAS ONLY OLD ABE TO HIS NEIGHBORS
id, “Yes; in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.” He then threw his leg over the corner of the big chair and said, “I have heard many a time, ever since I was young, that up there in those hills you have to sharpen the noses of the sheep in order to get down to the grass between the rocks.” He 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.  BROUGHT UP ON A FARM I SAID YES IN THE BERKSHIRE HILLS OF MASSACHUSETTS HE THEN THREW HIS LEG OVER THE CORNER OF THE BIG CHAIR AND SAID I HAVE HEARD MANY A TIME EVER SINCE I WAS YOUNG THAT UP THERE IN THOSE HILLS YOU HAVE TO SHARPEN THE NOSES OF THE SHEEP IN ORDER TO GET DOWN TO THE GRASS 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
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