It is often lamented by the churchmen that Washington and Lincoln possessed little religion except that found in the word 'God. ' All that can here be affirmed is that what the religion of those two men lacked in theological details it made up in greatness. Their minds were born with a love of great principles. . . There are few instances in which a mind great enough to reach great principles in politics has been satisfied with a fanatical religion. . . It must not be asked for Washington and Lincoln that, having reached greatness in political principles, they should have loved littleness in piety.
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