The title, "A Greater Task," refers to Lincoln's Farewell Address at
Springfield, and the burden he assumed as president-elect. The quotation
on the base comes from his First Inaugural Address: "Why should there not
be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there
any better or equal hope in the world?"
This work was unveiled on June 29, 2006, by the sculptor, John
McClarey of Decatur, Illinois. McClarey has created many of the newer
Lincoln statues throughout Illinois.McClarey Statue in
Springfield, Illinois
This towering bronze image stands across the street from the Abraham
Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library. Larger than life-size, it
depicts Lincoln facing east, as if towards Washington, bracing himself against
the wind and the symbolic dangers ahead.
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