Финансист

Chapter X

           

           OnedayhesawLincolnatall,shamblingman,long,bony,gawky,buttremendouslyimpressive.Itwasaraw,slushymorningofalateFebruaryday,andthegreatwarPresidentwasjustthroughwithhissolemnpronunciamentoinregardtothebondsthatmighthavebeenstrainedbutmustnotbebroken.AsheissuedfromthedoorwayofIndependenceHall,thatfamousbirthplaceofliberty,hisfacewassetinasad,meditativecalm.Cowperwoodlookedathimfixedlyasheissuedfromthedoorwaysurroundedbychiefsofstaff,localdignitaries,detectives,andthecurious,sympatheticfacesofthepublic.Ashestudiedthestrangelyrough-hewncountenanceasenseofthegreatworthanddignityofthemancameoverhim.

           "Arealman,that,"hethought;"awonderfultemperament."Hiseverygesturecameuponhimwithgreatforce.Hewatchedhimenterhiscarriage,thinking"Sothatistherailsplitter,thecountrylawyer.Well,fatehaspickedagreatmanforthiscrisis."

           FordaysthefaceofLincolnhauntedhim,andveryoftenduringthewarhismindrevertedtothatsingularfigure.Itseemedtohimunquestionablethatfortuitouslyhehadbeenpermittedtolookupononeoftheworld’sreallygreatmen.Warandstatesmanshipwerenotforhim;butheknewhowimportantthosethingswereattimes.

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