Excerpt from Abe Lincoln in Illinois: A Play in Three Acts Men. Yes - ahere - (reaches for newspaper in the mess on the table.) I xwant you to read this - it's a speech delivered by Mr. Webster before the United States Senate. A fine document, and a perfect usage Of the Imperative mood in its hortatory sense. Here it is-read this down here. Abe. (moves into light.) 'while the Union lasts, the Senator continued in the deep rich tones of the historic church bells of his native Boston we have high prospects spread out before us, for us and our children. Beyond that I seek not to penetrate the veil. God grant that in my day, at least, the curtain may not rise.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.