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where Lincoln summons a young naval officer,
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William H. Flood.
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Mrs. Lincoln.
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Mother, the last time we saw young Flood, here,
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we were in Springfield.
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I was a lawyer and he was but knee-high to a grasshopper.
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His mother was kin with Governor Carlin.
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I remember Priscilla Flood.
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And his father served with me in the Illinois state legislature.
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A Democrat, but a friend and a good man,
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despite his fervent support of my opponent for the presidency.
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Sins of the father, sir.