Show THI THINGS TO THINK ABOUT TODAY on february 1809 abraham abraria in lincoln f first saw the light of dav in III a rude cabin in kentucky handicapped by poverty from the start and in an environment that made for ignorance and a bitter struggle far existence lie he lived a life than which no bett better cr has ever been offered for american youth and manhood today the record lincoln left should typify in its simple force and greatness all that is best for us to follow in liis his homely cooer poc cr for good as christianity recognizes it ilia his triumph over adver adversity lity and his steady advance to gri greatness atness in the face of almost insurmountable difficulties his a ng nglen leness esa of purpose his patience anti and his ance all these epitomize the true american ideal and marked a greater advance in civilization and betterment betterini ent of the human race than ten centuries of high flown theories before him first his life taught us that haverty should be no insurmountable larrier to the young man or the young woman who will finitely definitely set out to win an education lie he proved conclusively that if you set your heart upon an object to be attained and keep t the 6 fire ire ot of your devotion burning you can accomplish that object no matter what the handicaps before you again lie he showed us that however humble our beginning every individual indi vidal is 13 potentially the ho instrument of some great crisis that to be prepared for that crisis as far car as is within our power is but aboor a poor return for the glory of our creation and the privilege of being acin nive alive llis outward good cheer and never failing humor when days wore were darkest and his heart was bleeding these things should make us blush in tile the contemplation of our own petty jealousies and selfish nesses and the meek submission to hopeless depression when the tasks ahead seem hard the vanities of life he seemed to possess not at all perhaps he was a man of destiny selected by some higher power to guide this nation through its greatest peril we suspect however that he was of common clay his breast aglow with that spark of genius which is the simple formula think clean work hard and be kind |