"When the Norn-mother saw the Whirlwind Hour, Greatening and darkening as it hurried on, She bent the strenuous Heavens and came down To make a man to meet the mortal need. She took the tried clay of the common road — Clay warm yet with the genial heat of Earth, Dashed through it all a strain of prophecy; Then mixed a laughter with the serious stuff. It was a stuff to wear for centuries, A man that matched the mountains, and compelled The stars to look our way and honor us."
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Lawyers from the United StatesAbolitionistsPoliticians from IllinoisAbraham LincolnPeople of the American Civil War
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Edwin Markham, "Lincoln, The Man of the People", stanza 1, lines 1–11, Lincoln & Other Poems (1901), p. 3
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Abraham Lincoln
1809 – 1865
Präsident der USA (1861-1865)
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