Excerpt from An Address on the Occasion of the Funeral Obsequies of the Late President Lincoln: Delivered Before the Citizens of Randolph, Vt;, April 19, 1865 And, methinks I see the future student of history, with mind intent 1113011 the records of the past, t11r11i11 g the interesting pages of our history from clownward; scanning every sentence, word and letter, noting here and there the great events which freemen should understand, and which should be selected for transmission to generations to come. And 110 part, I think. Will more deserve his attention; 110 part shine with greater luster; 110 part have the impress of a mind great and good more plainly stamped upon it, thar1 the period from March 4th, 1861, to April 15th, 1865. I see this same student intensely flager to grasp the 111i0hty events connected with the 111 11' of Rebellion, Slav 01 y ands Sin He t11111s tl1ei adiant panes t11l the evening of the 14th (lav of April, 1865; and, behold! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.