During the dedication of the original work, Dr. William E. Barton said, "This
statue shows Abraham Lincoln as Urbana saw him, in the days when
he stood at the bar of justice in the court house yonder, or
spoke at political meetings in the court house square."
Lincoln the Lawyer by Lorado Taft
You can see the full-sized version of this well-known statue
in Urbana, Illinois, a town where Lincoln practiced law on the circuit
in the years before his presidency.
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