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Baker’s style differed from Lincoln’s. An opponent recalled that Lincoln “did not possess the poetry and pathos of Baker or Linder, but he had an earnestness which denoted the strength of his inward convictions and the warmth of his heart.” Harman G. Reynolds, a prominent Mason in Springfield, recollected hearing Lincoln during this campaign: “The very first impression made upon us was that he could be implicitly trusted, and he had not spoken five minutes until we felt certain that he was a man of power.” Reynolds was especially struck by “the rich and musical intonation of his voice, his honest utterances, and naïve, homebred way of thinking and speaking, so unlike other men.”
Source: Abraham Lincoln ∶ A Life ▫𓂃
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