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Updated: October 16, 2026
There on a bench, with my back to the wall and my feet dangling six inches from the floor, I listened to a lecture about a "rail-splitter." It took me many years to find out what a rail-splitter was; but the rail-splitter's name was Lincoln, and he became my first hero.
It was in one of these letters that Lincoln wrote, "The only sermons I have ever been able to read and enjoy are those of John Murray" a statement which some have attempted to smile away as showing the Rail-Splitter's astute diplomacy. Starr King gave his life to the Cause. He as much died for the Union as though he had fallen stricken by flying lead upon the field.