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[dvnews_page]carlsandburg(1878-1967)carlsandburgwasanamericanpoet.hiscompletepoems(1950)wonthepulitzerprizeforpoetryin1951.hisnonfictionbookabrahamlincoln:thewaryearswasawardedthepulitzerprizeforhistoryin1940.sandburg''spoetrywasfilledwithsayings.scraofanecdotesandconversatio.anddescriptioofsteelmillsandoffarms.hewasamongthefirsttousefreeverse--versewithoutadefiniterhymeormetricalpattern.hewroteabiographyoflincolnintwopartsabrahamlincoln:theprairieyears(1926)andabrahamlincoln:thewaryears(1939).********************    beforebegiingthepreparedaddre,imustmaketheremarkthatthisintroduction,thisreceptionhere.causedhumilityratherthanpride,iamwellawareofthat,notofteninthestoryofmankindhasamanarrivedonearthwhoisbothsteelandvelvet,whoisashardasrock,andsoftasdriftingfog.therewasinhisheartandmindtheparadoxofterriblestorm
   andpeace,ueakableandperfect.therehavecome,acrocenturies,reportsofmenallegedtohavethesecontrasts,andtheincomparableabrahamlincoln,bornonehundredandfiftyyearsagothisdayisanaroach,ifnotaperfectrealizationofthischaracter.
   inthetimeoftheaprillilacs,intheyear1865,onhisdeath,thecasketwithhisbodywascarriednorthandwestathousandsmiles,andtheamericanpeopleweptastheyneverbefore.bellssoed,citiesworecrepe,peoplestoodintearsandwithhatsoffastheredoakburialcarpausedintheleadingcitiesofsevenstates,endingitsjourneyatringfield,illinois.thehometown.
   duringthefouryearshewaspresident,he,attimes,eeciallyinthefirstthreemonths,tooktohimselfthepowersofadictator.hecommandedthosepowerfularmiestillthenaembledinmodernwarfare,heenforcedcocriptionofsoldiersforthefirsttimeinamericanhistoryandunder　imperativeneceityheabolishedtherightsofhabeascorpus.　hedirecteditpoliticallyandirituallywhilemaive　turbulentforcesletlooseincivilwar.awartrulyastimehas　shown,ofbrothers.hearguedandpleadedforcompe

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