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You can say that to his mother anyhow." Then he said to me, "How is it going in the field?" I said, "We sometimes get discouraged." And he said: "It is all right. We are going to win out now. We are getting very near the light. YOU CAN SAY THAT TO HIS MOTHER ANYHOW AND THEN HE SAID TO ME HOW IS IT GOING IN THE FIELD I SAID WE SOMETIMES GET DISCOURAGED AND HE SAID IT IS ALL RIGHT WE ARE GETTING VERY NEAR THE LIGHT
 a lifetime for the effect it would have on our city and on civilization. Abraham Lincoln’s principle for greatness can be adopted by nearly all. This was his rule: Whatsoever he had to do at all, he put his whole mind into it and held it all there until that was all done. That makes men great almost anywhere. He stuck to those papers at that table and did not look up at me, and I sat there trembling. Finally, when he had put the string around his papers, he pushed them over to one side and looked over to me, and a smile came over his worn face. He said: “I am a very busy man and have only a few minutes to spare. Now tell me in the fewest words what it is you want.” I began to tell him, and mentioned the case, and he said: “I have heard all about it and you do not need to say any more. Mr. Stanton was talking to me only a few days ago about that. You can go to the hotel and rest assured that the President never did sign an order to shoot a boy under twenty years of age, and never will.  REMEMBER IT I WOULD GIVE A LIFETIME FOR THE EFFECT IT WOULD HAVE ON OUR CITY AND ON CIVILIZATION ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S PRINCIPLE FOR GREATNESS CAN BE ADOPTED BY NEARLY ALL THIS WAS HIS RULE WHATSOEVER HE HAD TO DO AT ALL HE PUT HIS WHOLE MIND INTO IT AND HELD IT ALL THERE UNTIL THAT WAS ALL DONE THAT MAKES MEN GREAT ALMOST ANYWHERE HE STUCK TO THOSE PAPERS AT THE TABLE DID NOT LOOK UP AT ME AND I SAT THERE TREMBLING FINALLY WHEN HE HAD PUT THE STRING AROUND HIS PAPERS HE PUSHED THEM OVER TO ONE SIDE AND LOOKED OVER TO ME AND A SMILE CAME OVER HIS WORN FACE AND HE SAID I AM A VERY BUSY MAN AND HAVE ONLY A FEW MINUTES TO SPARE NOW TELL ME IN THE FEWEST WORDS WHAT IT IS YOU WANT I BEGAN TO TELL HIM AND MENTION THE CASE AND HE SAID I HAVE HEARD ALL ABOUT IT AND YOU DO NOT NEED TO SAY ANY MORE MISTER STANTON WAS TALKING TO ME ONLY A FEW DAYS AGO ABOUT THAT YOU CAN GO TO THE HOTEL AND REST ASSURED THAT THE PRESIDENT NEVER DID SIGN AN ORDER TO SHOOT A BOY UNDER TWENTY YEARS OF AGE AND NEVER WILL
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