ranting pardons, 586

_Ambitions_,
presentiment of future greatness, 18-19, 27, 53;
desire to be the "DeWitt Clinton of Illinois," 61;
encouraged by friends, 116;
generous quality of, 159;
senatorial, 161-164;
presidential, 331;
not concerned over political future, 529-532
_Appearance_,
at fifteen, 12;
at nineteen, 20;
in 1832, 42;
in 1847, 105-106;
in 1849, 109-110, 111;
"man of sorrows," 113-114;
singular walk, 114-115;
on the circuit, 125-127;
face transformed in speaking, 181;
in repose and on the stump, 194-195;
in 1858, 201, 205;
in 1860, 215;
height, 247;
as President-elect, 253-254, 274-275, 279;
arrival at Washington, 282;
inauguration, 285-286;
in his reception room, 302-303;
changed by anxiety, 355;
Nicolay's description, 361;
face a surprise to Winchell, 382;
unconventional dress, 356-357, 377, 450;
changed by grief, 462-463;
Frederick Douglass' impressions, 484, 485, 486;
saddest man in the world, 543-546
_Courage_,
fighting qualities, 27-29;
encounter with a bully, 29;
in Black Hawk War, 38-40;
rescues Baker from a fight, 91-92;
duel with Shields, 93;
under discouragements, 292, 331;
did not fear attempt upon his life, 540-542
_Honesty_,
at nineteen, 20;
as a salesman, 31;
"Honest Abe," 31, 53, 68, 171;
trust funds never used, 46;
in voting, 101-102;
as a lawyer, 130, 138, 143;
refused to defend the guilty, 136-137;
intellectual and moral, 144
_Horsemanship_, 415-416, 491, 562, 563
_Justice_,
anecdote of Black Hawk War, 38;
refusal to countenance injustice, 130-131, 453;
sense of, 476-478;
injustice to Gen. Meade, 503-506;
_Literary methods_ and _style_,
early example, 63-65;
example from Douglas debates, 89-90;
methods, 470-471;
style, 471-473
_Kindness_ and _sympathy_, 16;
to animals, 13, 76;
everybody's friend, 35
in his home, 113
regard for old friends and relatives, 119, 121-123;
to old colored woman, 128;
to young attorneys, 130;
for Col. Scott, 410
for soldiers, 395-397, 400-401, 499-500;
embarrassing results of friendliness, 470
_Melancholy_ and _sadness_,