Remarks at London, Ohio1Jump to section
February 13, 1861
Fellow citizens, I do not appear before you to make a speech, and have not strength nor time to do so. If I were to undertake to make
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].
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- Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 4 [Mar. 5, 1860-Oct. 24, 1861].
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- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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- 1953.
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a speech at every station, I should be completely tuckered out (not Mr. L's term, but its equivalent) before I reached the capital.
I perceive a band of music present, and while the iron horse stops to water himself, I would prefer they should discourse in their more eloquent music than I am capable of.
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[1] London, Ohio, National Democrat, February 14, 1861. Although Lincoln made similar short speeches at other stops between Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio, this is the only text which has been located in a contemporary newspaper.