Excerpt from Cold Facts: The Pen of Col. Lee Writes the Indictment Against the Sword of General Lee

These words of Abraham Lincoln, whose brain was the Tem ple, and whose heart was the home of human liberty, inspire my soul as I Speak to you tonight.

Within these precincts, where now stands this beautiful city, more than half a century ago Abraham Lincoln spoke.

He was in the midst of a pilgrimage journeying from city to city throughout this great commonwealth, uttering words that touched and thrilled the anxious hearts of his countrymen, He looked toward the clouds he knew the fury of the gath erin g storm.

Fate had decreed that this man of humble birth was to become the monarch Of the forum, that the wisdom of his brain was to mould the way to a higher civilization, and that the genius of his soul was to radiate a new and brighter light for the uplifting of mankind.

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