Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 [Tribute to Lincoln]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09091 Author/Creator: Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript signed Date: 1880 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 21 cm, Width: 13.9 cm Order a Copy
His tribute to Lincoln; the original manuscript published in Osborn H. Oldroyd's "The Lincoln Memorial: Album-Immortelles," in 1882, [page 265]. "A great man: Tender of heart, strong of nerve, of boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country. He could recieve [sic] counsel from a child and give counsel to a sage. The simple approached him with ease, and the learned approached him with deference. Take him for all in all, Abraham Lincoln was one of the noblest, wisest and best men I ever knew."
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