The practical mysticism of Abraham Lincoln -- The divine will -- The mystical awakening -- The agnostic and the mystic -- The logic of the supernatural -- The mystical mood -- "Going into the silence" -- Invisible powers -- The fusion of spirit and matter -- His miraculous progress -- A prophetic witness -- Lincoln's simplicity -- Lincoln's clairvoyant wit -- A prophetic vision of Hades -- Shakespeare and Lincoln -- A prophecy fulfilled -- The ordinances of Heaven -- Lincoln's face -- The great debate -- Forecastings and premonitions -- Illumination of the spirit -- Tycho Brahe and Lincoln -- Herndon's analysis and testimony -- An original mind -- The great books -- Veneration and truth -- The great puzzle -- Lincoln's energy and will -- Nature and prophecy -- The seal of nature -- Law and authority -- Lincoln as critic -- His style -- Lincoln's serenity -- The romance of his character -- President by the grace of God -- Science and the mystical -- The old and the new -- Destiny versus will -- James Jacques: practical mystic -- Images and dreams -- The new era Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography Oakleaf, J. Lincoln bibliography [2] p. of the publisher's advertisements at end 18