ABRAHAM LINCOLN
WORLD, or
GREAT
COUNCIL,
FRATERNITAS ROSÆ CRUCIS;
MEMBER of
THE ROSICRUCIAN CLUB
Portrait by Matthew Brady, 1861
Practically without funds and without help other than his own efforts, he became one of the world's truly great men.
At the age of twenty-one he possessed only six books: The Bible, Pilgrim's Progress, Æsop's Fables, The Arabian Nights, a Life of Washington, and the Statutes of Indiana.
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address has a place of honor in Oxford University, England, proclaimed by literary critics as the most perfect piece of literature ever written in the English language.
At the age of twenty-one he possessed only six books: The Bible, Pilgrim's Progress, Æsop's Fables, The Arabian Nights, a Life of Washington, and the Statutes of Indiana.
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address has a place of honor in Oxford University, England, proclaimed by literary critics as the most perfect piece of literature ever written in the English language.
It is claimed that Lincoln's writings totaled 1,078,000 words; more than are contained in the Bible; 5% more words than in the complete works of Shakespeare.
It is also said that with the exception of the Master, the Nazarene, more words were written about Lincoln than of any other man who ever lived.
Lincoln accomplished all that destiny had planned for him and no man can do more. He died by the assassin's hand April 15, 1865.
Of Lincoln as of Washington, it may be said that their works are their eternal monuments. To say much more of them would belittle their accomplishments in a world filled with selfishness.