caused by love of Anne Rutledge, 49;
temporary attack, 95-96;
causes, 112-113;
struggles with, 115-117;
depression in 1854, 161;
evidence of, 170, 175, 198, 246, 361;
over defeat for senate, 204;
on inaugural journey, 266-267;
after Bull Run, 330-331;
over war victims, 401-402, 500;
engraved on features, 462-463;
summer of 1864, 537-538, 542-546;
Matthew Arnold's poem, 546
_Memory_,
for faces and names, 9, 39, 40;
for events, 36;
retentive, 467, 468
_Military sagacity_, 380-386, 390-395, 405-407, 411-414,
416-417, 502, 506
_Modesty_,
unassuming manner in politics, 163;
about printing speeches, 216;
in regard to presidential nomination, 227-228;
as president, 304, 306, 307, 459;
natural, 360;
about second nomination, 535;
on news of second election, 547
_Popularity_,
as a young man, 28-29, 75;
in New Salem, 35, 53;
in Black Hawk War, 39, 41;
universal favorite, 130;
in Kansas, 213, 214;
at Republican convention in 1860, 229-230;
among old friends and relatives, 263-264;
Confederate soldiers' greeting at Petersburg, 567-568
_Physical strength_,
in boyhood, 9;
incidents showing, 91-93, 389, 401
_Religious nature_,
knowledge of the Bible, 118-119;
shown in letter to step-brother, 120;
reliance on Divine help, 265, 267, 268;
influence of son's death, 351-352;
spirituality highly organized, 360, 361, 362;
religious spirit, 385-386;
shown in fortitude, 462;
quotes the Bible, 473;
his views on, 478-479;
not a church member, 478;
shown in second inaugural address, 557-559
_Tact_, 357;
in official relations, 368-370, 378;
anecdotes illustrating, 451-457
_Temperance_,
reply to Douglas's taunt, 83, 85, 130, 203;
_Voice_,
magnetism of, 59;
not pleasing, 142, 221;
clear and vigorous, 205;
high but clear, 302, 515
_Wit_ and _humor_,
power of satire, 17;
examples of, 56-57;
love of practical joke, 57;
no end to his fund of, 84;
used against adversaries, 87, 139-140, 202-204;
chief attraction at dinners, 110;
cultivated, 113;
stories not always dignified, 139;
repartee, 157;
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