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Excerpt from The Lincoln Centenary: Program of the National Centenary Celebration Together With the Report of the Executive Committee of the Lincoln Farm Association and Other Matters in Connection With the Lincoln Birthplace Memorial It is doubtful if at any time since the Declaration of American Independence there has been a movement which parallels the approaching celebration of the Lincoln Centenary; not because it is more widely spread, more general, more sincere, than any other ex pression of national feeling; but because of its abso lute spontaneity. There have been no series of proclamations, no central national body, no organized or concerted movement on the part' of o cialdom or press; yet in tens of thousands of Cities and towns throughout the Union we find that churches, schools, political and social organizations, and the people in general, moved by a common love and reverence, are to pay tribute to the memory of a dead hero. Among these thousands of municipal, town, and vil lage Observances of the day, to what great center of population shall we look for the chief feature - the one greatest of all gatherings, made notable by the attendance of the President of the United States - the official tribute of the government itself, in the person of its Chief Magistrate? New York, the metropolis, would have claimed this honor; Chicago would have welcomed it; Springfield urged its claims; Philadel phia, Boston, St. Louis, and a score of other cities, yielding to none in their loyalty and reverence for Lincoln's memory, might well be the scene of that celebration. Yet to none of these will the thought of the nation turn, that day. 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.