[PRESIDENTS]. [LINCOLN and WASHINGTON]. FOUR PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENTS ON THE GREATNESS OF LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON. TAFT, William H. DS ("Wm. H. Taft"), New Haven, CT, 27 July 1915. 1 p., 8vo, on personal stationery. Taft lauds Lincon's style, which "reflected his clearness of thought, and was purified and enriched by a constant study of the Bible and of Shakespeare. His mind, his heart and his soul were absorbed in the titanic struggle for the Union and against slavery..." -- TAFT. AES, 27 January 1919. 1 page, 8vo. Beneath the text of the Gettysburg Address, Taft writes: "This is one of the greatest speeches in any language." -- COOLIDGE, Calvin. ADS ("Calvin Coolidge"), n.d. 1 page, 8vo, personal stationery. "As we study the statesmanship of Washington as we see it demonstrated in our domestic and foreign experience he becomes a larger and larger figure. The reverence for his memory continues to increase with the increasing years." -- HOOVER, Herbert. DS, n.d. 1 page, 8vo. "Our obligation to Lincoln is to be resolute in our determination to maintain the principles which Washington forged from the fires of revolution and which Lincoln strengthened in the fires of civil strife....Washington was indeed the father of our country. Lincoln was its greatest son." (4)