Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln: His Life, Public Services, Death and Great Funeral Cortege; With a History and Description of the National Lincoln Monument, With an Appendix That wonderful funeral journey, which has no par allel in human history, except that of the Israelites carrying the body of the patriarch Jacob up out of Egypt, is delineated in detail. The characteristics which distinguish this book from all others, touching the life of Abraham Lincoln, are the Map, showing the course of his life and funeral; and the full and minute account of the building and dedication of the National Lincoln Monument, erect ed by a grateful people as a visible symbol of their desire to commemorate his Virtues. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.