Recollections of Abraham Lincoln, 1847-1865
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' Now, our plain duty is to settle the fuss we have before us, without reference to who commenced it. " Mr. Lincoln told another anecdote in connection with the probable adjustment of the difficulties. Said he : ** Once on a time, a number of very pious gentlemen, all 138 RECOLLECTIONS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
strict members of the church, were appointed to take in charge and superintend the erection of a bridge over a very dangerous and turbulent river. They found great difficulty in securing the s...ervices of an engineer compe- tent for the work. Finally, Brother Jones said that Mr. Meyers had built several bridges, and he had no doubt he could build this one. Mr. Meyers was sent for. The committee asked, * Can you build this bridge?' 'Yes/ was the answer, ' I can build a bridge to the infernal regions, if necessary. ' The committee was shocked, and Brother Jones felt called upon to say something in de- fence of his friend, and commenced by saying : * Gentle- men, 1 know my friend Meyers so well, and he is so honest a man and so good an architect, that if he states positively that he can build a bridge to hell, why, I believe he can do it ; but I feel bound to say that I have my doubts about the abutment on the infernal side.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
' Now, our plain duty is to settle the fuss we have before us, without reference to who commenced it. " Mr. Lincoln told another anecdote in connection with the probable adjustment of the difficulties. Said he : ** Once on a time, a number of very pious gentlemen, all 138 RECOLLECTIONS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
strict members of the church, were appointed to take in charge and superintend the erection of a bridge over a very dangerous and turbulent river. They found great difficulty in securing the s...ervices of an engineer compe- tent for the work. Finally, Brother Jones said that Mr. Meyers had built several bridges, and he had no doubt he could build this one. Mr. Meyers was sent for. The committee asked, * Can you build this bridge?' 'Yes/ was the answer, ' I can build a bridge to the infernal regions, if necessary. ' The committee was shocked, and Brother Jones felt called upon to say something in de- fence of his friend, and commenced by saying : * Gentle- men, 1 know my friend Meyers so well, and he is so honest a man and so good an architect, that if he states positively that he can build a bridge to hell, why, I believe he can do it ; but I feel bound to say that I have my doubts about the abutment on the infernal side.
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