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 ABRAHAM LINCOLN 299 were deeply set, and were filled, in repose, with an expression of profound melancholy, which easily changed to one of uproarious mirth at the provoca tion of a humorous anecdote, told by himself or an other. His nose was long and slightly curved, his mouth large and singularly mobile. Up to the time of his election he was clean-shaven, but during his presidency the fine outline of his face was marred by a thin and straggling beard. His demeanor was, in general, extremely simple and careless, but he was not without a native dignity that always pro tected him from anything like presumption or impertinence. Mr. Lincoln married, on November 4, 1842, Miss Mary Todd, daughter of Robert S. Todd, of Ken tucky. There were born of this marriage four sons. One, Edward Baker, died in infancy; another, William Wallace, died at the age of twelve, during the presidency of Mr. Lincoln; and still another, Thomas, at the age of eighteen, several years after his father s death. The only one that grew to maturity was his eldest son, Robert, who married and has children. The house in which Mr. Lincoln lived when he was elected president, in Springfield, 111., was conveyed to the state of Illinois in 1887 by his son, and a collection of memorials of him is to be preserved there perpetually. There were few portraits of Mr. Lincoln painted in his lifetime ; the vast number of engravings that