(1894.) I. Simultaneous Birth of Lincoln and DarwinóHeroes of Every GenerationóSlaveryóPrinciple Sacrificed to SuccessóLincoln's ChildhoodóHis first SpeechóA Candidate for the Senate against DouglassóII. A Crisis in the Affairs of the RepublicóThe South Not Alone Responsible for SlaveryóLincoln's Prophetic WordsóNominated for President and Elected in Spite of his FitnessóIII. Secession and Civil WaróThe Thought uppermost in his MindóIV. A Crisis in the NorthóProposition to Purchase the SlavesóV. The Proclamation of EmancipationóHis Letter to Horace GreeleyóWaited on by ClergymenóVI. Surrounded by EnemiesóHostile Attitude of Gladstone, Salisbury, Louis Napoleon, and the VaticanóVII. Slavery the Perpetual Stumbling-blockóConfiscationóVIII. His Letter to a Republican Meeting in IllinoisóIts EffectóIX. The Power of His PersonalityóThe Embodiment of MercyóUse of the Pardoning PoweróX. The Vallandigham AffairóThe Horace Greeley IncidentóTriumphs of HumoróXI. Promotion of General HookeróA Prophecy and its FulfillmentóXII.óStates Rights vs. Territorial IntegrityóXIII. His Military GeniusóThe Foremost Man in all the World: and then the Horror CameóXIV. Strange Mingling of Mirth and TearsóDeformation of Great Historic CharactersóWashington now only a Steel EngravingóLincoln not a TypeóVirtues Necessary in a New CountryóLaws of Cultivated SocietyóIn the Country is the Idea of HomeóLincoln always a PupilóA Great LawyeróMany-sidedóWit and HumoróAs an OratoróHis Speech at Gettysburg contrasted with the Oration of Edward EverettóApologetic in his KindnessóNo Official RobesóThe gentlest Memory of our World. VOLTAIRE.