"His faith in a Divine Providence began at his mother's knee, and ran through all the changes of his life." I do not desire to charge Mr. Arnold with plagiarism, but the foregoing recalls the following much admired passage to be found in Holland: "This unwavering faith in a Divine Providence began at his mother's knee, and ran like a thread of gold through all the inner experiences of his life" (Life of Lincoln, pp. 61, 62). There is much in Arnold's biography, aside from the above, to suggest that Holland's work formed the basis and model of his own. While more accurate in the main than Holland's "Life," Arnold's "Life" is in some respects equally unreliable, and less readable. Adverting to the many fraudulent stories that have been circulated concerning Lincoln, in an address delivered in London, Mr. Arnold said: "The newspapers in America have always been full of Lincoln stories and anecdotes, some true and many fabulous." Unfortunately for the cause of truth, Mr. Arnold has himself recorded some of these fabulous stories, not because he deemed them authentic, but because they agreed with his preconceived prejudices, or the prejudices of those whom he wished to please. Mr. Carpenter says: "I would scarcely have called Mr. Lincoln a religious man, and yet I believe him to have been a sincere Christian." In a letter, Mr. Herndon makes the following correction in regard to his friend Carpenter's statement: "Mr. Carpenter has not expressed his own ideas correctly. To say that a man is a Christian and yet not a religious man is absurd. _Religion_ is the generic term including all forms of religion; _Christianity_ is a specific term representing one form of religion. Carpenter means to say that Mr. Lincoln was a religious man but not a Christian, and this is the truth." It is unfortunate that while in many cases we have several words to express the same idea, the same word in many cases is employed to express different ideas. Ideas thus become confused. If the terms _morality, religion, and Christianity_, were always used in their legitimate sense--used to express the ideas of which they were the original signs--much trouble and ambiguity would be avoided. As it is, they are promiscuously used as interchangeable terms. Many use the word _religion_ and even _Christianity_ when they mean morality. Mr. Carpenter uses the word _religious_ in its proper sense, and the word _Christian_ to mean a _moral man_. The following examples will serve to illustrate the various forms employed to express the thought now under consideration: "I would scarcely have called Mr. Lincoln a religious man, and yet I believe him to have been a sincere Christian."--_Carpenter_. "I would scarcely have called Mr. Lincoln a Christian, and yet I believe him to have been a truly religious man."--_Herndon_. I would scarcely have called Mr. Lincoln a religious man, and yet I believe him to have been a truly moral man.--_Author_.