Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 266, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1912 — Only One Like Him. [ARTICLE]

Only One Like Him.

A friend who “dropped in” on President Lincoln, in speaking of a certain general, said that he was not worth the powder to blow him up. “He’s a mighty thinker,” the president returned. “He has formed an intimate acquaintance with himself, and knows what he la and it not fitted for. This war has not produced another like him.” The friend was surprised at this encomium. "Greatly to my relief and the interest of the country,” continued the president, “he has just resigned.”