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Excerpt from Eulogy Upon the Character and Services of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States: Delivered by Invitation of the Authorities of the City of Taunton, on the Occasion of the National Fast, June 1, 1865
BY solemn appointment of the President, and by com mon consent of the people, Wherever in our country its ?ag is respected, this day Will be observed, in commemorating the nation's bereavement at the loss Of its beloved chief-magistrate, in contemplation Of his Virtues and in sorrow for his sudden and violent end.
If it Were merely to give formal and fitting expres sion to the universal grief occasioned by his death, or to signify our abhorrence of the dastardly crime that deprived us Of his life, sufficient, and more than suffi cient, had already been done. Every mark of respect that imagination could devise, or pomp and ceremonial exhibit, had been paid to his memory; While in every language and from every tongue have been heard the utterances of indignant execration at this monstrous and unprovoked assassination.
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