"I have tried to give to the reader the picture of the man who has so firm a hold on the imagination of his people. To the average American the name of Abraham Lincoln is one to be conjured up in all the exigencies of political life, and his social ideals are to be applied in all the intricacies of modern adjustment." Воспроизведено в оригинальной авторской орфографии издания 1914 года (издательство "The MacMillan Company").