Marien Villa, Vรถslau bei Wien,
June 22, 1862.
Darling Kleine Mary:
Your letter of June 1 from Washington was most delightful. Every word of it was
full of interest, and every sentiment expressed in it is very just and quite
according to my heart. . . . The copy of
your little note from the President touched me very much. I have the most
profound respect for him, which increases every day. His wisdom, courage,
devotion to duty, and simplicity of character seem to me to embody in a very
striking way all that is most noble in the American character and American
destiny. His administration is an epoch in the world's history, and I have no
more doubt than I have of my existence that the regeneration of our Republic
for a long period to come will date from his proclamation calling out the first
75,000 troops more than a year ago.
That proclamation was read “amid bursts of laughter by the
rebel Congress”; but people do not laugh at Abraham Lincoln now in any part of
the world, whatever else they may do or say.
Your affectionate
P.
SOURCE: George William Curtis, editor, The
Correspondence of John Lothrop Motley in Two Volumes, Library Edition,
Volume 2, p. 260
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