Chapter 27 Part 2

Abraham Lincoln and the Wrath of a Just Mob

Curious, Jude shook out a yellowing collection of paper. He lit the candle on the mantle, wincing at the invisible smoke of the match. The pages seemed to be a reprint of an address from Abraham Lincoln, titled: The Perpetuations of Our Political Institutions, delivered to the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, on January 27, 1838.

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