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Lincoln and Grant

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Horace Porter shares his riveting recollections of of the relationship between President Abraham Lincoln and General Ulysses S. Grant throughout the American Civil War until the assassination of President Lincoln.

Porter's historically significant memoir is filled with detailed anecdotes that reveal the extraordinary character of both men, the tremendous weight of their formidable responsibilities, and a palpable sense of the tumultuous times.

Porter writes:

"Their devoted loyalty, steadfast courage, pure patriotism, and manly personal virtues will forever command the admiration of all who make a study of their lives. Between them the jealousy which springs from narrow minds was absent; the rivalry which is born of selfishness had no place in their souls. They taught the world that it is time to abandon the path of ambition when it becomes so narrow that two cannot walk abreast. With them the safety of the nation was above all personal aims; and like the men in the Roman phalanx of old they stood shoulder to shoulder, and linked their shields against a common foe. It was a priceless blessing to the Republic that the era of the Rebellion did not breed a Marius and a Sulla, a Caesar and a Pompey, or a Charles the First and a Cromwell, but that the power to which its destinies were intrusted was wielded by a Lincoln and a Grant."

Language: English

Pages: 21

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: September 20, 2010

Lincoln and Grant

0/5 ( ratings)

Horace Porter shares his riveting recollections of of the relationship between President Abraham Lincoln and General Ulysses S. Grant throughout the American Civil War until the assassination of President Lincoln.

Porter's historically significant memoir is filled with detailed anecdotes that reveal the extraordinary character of both men, the tremendous weight of their formidable responsibilities, and a palpable sense of the tumultuous times.

Porter writes:

"Their devoted loyalty, steadfast courage, pure patriotism, and manly personal virtues will forever command the admiration of all who make a study of their lives. Between them the jealousy which springs from narrow minds was absent; the rivalry which is born of selfishness had no place in their souls. They taught the world that it is time to abandon the path of ambition when it becomes so narrow that two cannot walk abreast. With them the safety of the nation was above all personal aims; and like the men in the Roman phalanx of old they stood shoulder to shoulder, and linked their shields against a common foe. It was a priceless blessing to the Republic that the era of the Rebellion did not breed a Marius and a Sulla, a Caesar and a Pompey, or a Charles the First and a Cromwell, but that the power to which its destinies were intrusted was wielded by a Lincoln and a Grant."

Language: English

Pages: 21

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: September 20, 2010

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