“In the character of the victim [Lincoln], and even in the accessories of his last moments, there is something so homely and innocent that it takes the question, as it were, out of all the pomp of history and the ceremonial of diplomacy—it touches the heart of nations and appeals to the domestic sentiment of mankind.”

—  Benjamin Disraeli

Addressing the House of Commons after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (1 May 1865)
1860s

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