Long-term reactions to Lincoln's death came from as far away
as Russia in the early 20th century. In the eyes of the great Russian novelist
Leo Tolstoy Lincoln was a kind of world folk legend through 'peculiar moral
powers and greatness of character... He was what Beethoven was in music, Dante
in poetry, Raphael in painting and Christ in the philosophy of life. If he had
failed to become President, he would be no doubt just as great, but only God
could appreciate it. We are still too near his greatness, and so can hardly
appreciate his power; but after a few centuries more our posterity will find
him considerably bigger than we do.'
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