Excerpt from Death of Abraham Lincoln: A Discourse, on the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, April 14, 1865; Delivered at North Colebrook, April 23, 1865 The following Discourse was written in haste, about the time of the "Minister's moving, yet, by request, it is given to the public with few amendments. The chapter on the great source of violence in our land, which was omitted for the sake of brevity when the discourse was delivered, will be found in its original place, according to the request. As circumstances did not permit its preparation or delivery till some days after the sad event it memoralizes, my chief design has been to improve the occasion in pointing out the guilty causes that have filled our land with violence and blood, and to warn against breakers just ahead, that we may be wafted on our only safe course. 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.

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