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Show GREATNESS. Washington and Lincoln' in all the little things were unalikc. One was austere, the other collquial; one popular, the other aloof; one somewhat some-what heavy, the other primed with wit. Washington we admire more than any American who has lived, and yet he is forever deprived of the affectionate friendliness that all his countrymen feel for Lincoln. Behind Be-hind such differences, however, looms a far larger likeness. Between these noble statesmen is resemblance in those thing9 which matter most: in high purpose, long effort, v'sion fixed upon the truth, great patience, and the choice always of the better path In Lincoln this big steadfastness , was decorated with much to fascinate and amuse. In Washington we have the mountain, sheer and bare: "The equestrian shape with unimpas- sioncd brow, That passes silent on through vistas of acclaim. Placid completeness, life without a . fall From faith or highest alms, truth's brcachlcss wall, Surely if any fame can bear the touch, His will say 'Here!' at the last trumpet's trum-pet's call, The uncxpiessivc man whose life expressed ex-pressed so much." Happy are we to see in memory often the large outlines of a nature so unswerving and so wise. Happy shall we be hereafter, by just so far as the virtues which were his are reflected re-flected in the people for whom he suffered suf-fered calumny, despair, and most laborious days. . |