| Show Abraham Lincoln Always Of By and For the People So long Ions as na there In le a a. man milD willing to work but to find employment the hours houn of ot labor or aro are too long The words quoted above are not those of a modern day economist they come from the mind and Ups lips of ot on one who long ago had bad his finger on the pulse of ot American a affairs Ho He came from Crom the people and rose roseto roseto roseto to high estate and esteem by mere force of ot character and Indomitable wIlL He Be was more self educated than learned He held beld no degree from a great university he discovered discovered dJs dis dis- dis covered no new planets he flew no oceans he amassed no colossal for for- tune Yet he did at a time when It t required a degree of courage rare In history stand firm for tor his convictions con con- Class meant little to him beyond a division set aside for tor self self- centered ends He was of ot by and for the people He had hind visions yet was not vl- vl vi vI- His Judgment may not notI I have been Infallible yet It t was based on logic and foresight His work was ar arduous yet he never turned aside Hard Bard labor was his portion In n early life Ufe his choice later Inter Of lowly origin he rose to heights never dreamed of ot Outwardly Outwardly Out Out- uncouth perhaps but polished polished pol pol- pol as ns the finest stee steel beneath Rough a nt at times perhaps yet tender tender tender ten ten- der as a woman to those In la distress distress distress dis dis- dis- dis tress he who spoke the words quoted saw far Into the future and the thought came from the heart heartt He Hc was vas the workers' workers friend He Is s so still As long as ns the world exists down through the ages will reverberate Abraham Lincoln's forceful words of ot consolation and encouragement to all who earn earna a livelihood by the sweat of the bro brow The world may never see his bis like again oguin but hut his memory will never perish |
