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THE REMINISCENCES OF CARL SCHURZ

same spirit towards those who were against me?” When I read those noble words, which so touchingly revealed the whole tender generosity of Lincoln's great soul, the haggard face I had seen that evening in the cottage at the Soldiers' Home rose up vividly in my memory.

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