He never examined or cross-examined a witness to the detriment of his side.

If the witness told the truth, he was safe from his attacks; but woe betide the unlucky and dishonest individual who suppressed the truth or colored it against Mr.Lincoln's side.

His speeches to the jury were very effective specimens of forensic oratory.
He talked the vocabulary of the people, and the jury understood every point he made and every thought he uttered.

I never saw him when I thought he was trying to make an effort for the sake of mere display; but his imagination was simple and pure in the richest gems of true eloquence.

He constructed short sentences of small words, and never wearied the minds of the jury by mazes of elaboration.".