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ABRAHAM LINCOLN (BORN FEB. 12, 1809).

To-day from each and all, a breath of prayer, a
       pulse of thought,
 To memory of Him—to birth of Him.

WALT WHITMAN.

Publication Information
"Abraham Lincoln (Born Feb. 12, 1809)."  New York Herald  12 February 1888:  12.  Reprinted in the "Sands at Seventy" annex to Leaves of Grass (1888).

Whitman Archive ID
per.00094


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