[Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, April 19, 1865] Page: 3
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EULOGY.
WE have assembled to honor the memory of the first
citizen of the republic. We have come together to say and
to hear something which shall express our love for him, our
respect for his character, our high estimation of his ser-
vices, and our grief at his untimely removal from the ex-
alted office to which the voice of a nation had called him.
Yet the deepest of our thoughts and emotions are always
dumb. The ocean's floor has no voice, but on it and under
it lie the ocean's treasures. The waves that roll and roar
above tell no story but their own. Only the surface of the
soul, like the surface of the sea, is vocal. Deep down
within every one of our hearts there are thoughts we can-
not speak--emotions that find no language-groanings that
cannot be uttered. The surprise, the shock, the pity, the
sense of outrage and of loss, the indignation, the grief,
which bring us here-which have transformed a nation
jubilant with hope and triumph into a nation of mourners
-will find no full expression here. It is all a vain show-
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Holland, J. G. [Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, April 19, 1865], book, April 19, 1865; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth186845/m1/5/?q=%22civ-war%22: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.