I soon began to dream. ... I heard subdued sobs, as if a number of people were weeping. ... I left my bed and wandered downstairs. ... There I met with a sickening surprise. Before me was a catafalque, on which rested a corpse wrapped in funeral vestments. Around it were stationed soldiers who were acting as guards; and there was a throng of people, gazing mournfully upon the corpse, whose face was covered, others weeping pitifully. 'Who is dead in the White House?' I demanded of one of the soldiers, 'The President,' was his answer; 'he was killed by an assassin.''

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.

My Dear McClellan, if you don't want to use the army I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully.

Killing the dog does not cure the bite.

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.

I am much indebted to the good Christian people of the country for their constant prayers and consolations; and to no one of them, more than to yourself.