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Show ' A V M xip ; a km:-W nil jRM-- n THE LAEOT F THE FEES I APJP THE HME F THE BRAVE i TThE land of the free and the home of the brave. A "Honest Abe," the joke of the town the boy who craved an simple phrase for simple people. For Americans. Of the people, by education the tall lean man who-, didn't know what to do with the people, and for the people. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of his hands and feet. Look at him is he such a glowing specimen happiness. Feel the magic in those words. Words tinged with a ' of manhood? But wait, look again what is it behind those eyes "very American" quality. Magic which kindled a flame in the ima- which draws you back to them, makes you take that second look? ginations of men stirred them to action during sink-or-swim A kind of extraordinary vision able to strip a man of all his fur-periods fur-periods in the history of their country. Who were those indivi- belows, to see "through the outward show of things into the heart duals? What were they like? How did they think? What did they of things." He looked at humanity and lived with humanity and ' believe in? '; suffered with humanity. He came out of it with an understanding f it, with a deep regard and respect for it and more than that, V V HEN in the course of human events . . . . " And with a love f or & Abraham Lincoln had faith in his f ellowmen -George Washington was born and lived and died. Why are we the deeP simPle faith that comes from within and shines out like thinking of him - he was just the same as any other mortal. a beacon actinS as 8"uide along th right way of living. He believed He had a job to do - he did it. It was a tough job. Sure it was in something- Because he knew it was right, there could be no tough, but life isn't easy.' He couldn't falter, he couldn't turn back, compromise. Once again, a struggle for liberty. And once again, he had' to go on. But why he was only human. Because he victory, believed in something. And those "self-evident truths" meant far more to him than his own life. So he gave up the comforts of his T"P home to come near to losing that life at Valley Forge. Spring ' . HIS is the land of the free and the home of the j finally crept its way into that desolate camp, and with it came brave. Because brave men had the faith and the courage to fight j new hope and faith and ultimately, victory. to keep it free. Their faith was not misplaced. The roots of the : ! p . democratic way of life are within every American. We shall not VLPeORGE WASHINGTON has become a symbol a kill them. We may have a job to do we'll do it. It mio-ht be i symbol of the same things for which Abraham Lincoln stands. tough but life is never pnw Wo i r " caoj. we, loo, Deneve in something! SpramgvM nBgnmMimg (DoDo ' ' |