Show WHAT MADE LINCOLN GREAT the purchase by R F collier ot lew york of the birthplace of abra ham lincoln was a gracious and pa act the soil that gave birth to that majestic man and martyr Is more sac red than common clay the sale ot the old kentucky farm has given rise to a new discussion ot the old debate at to the forces that mr lincoln s life discarding as rhetorical the state ment of henr watterson made in his lecture on lincoln that the great emancipator vas inspired as moses ft as inspired the question is pertin cut what made lincoln great hered ity environment or personal endear or v 6 aad answer gaall ot these e forces he had something from heredity like all great men he bad a great mother he had something from environ ment lack ot ad vantages 1 stimulated his endeavor an s inverse way his environment though unfavorable was a help but most of all the forces n as per aanal endeavor this comb ned with a high ideal made lincoln what he nas when that wilderness mother afan y hanks lincoln died in the log cabin in spencer county indiana whither the family moved from ken tucky she put her hands upon the head of 8 year old abraham and bild I 1 m going away my bo b t want you to remember that your moth er wants ou 0 o be a gool and a useful man and always we know abraham lin coin felt his mothers hand upon his head and determined to make his mother s dream ot him come true pluck persistence spirit of endur ance plus a mother s love and long ing made abraham lincoln great the touch of a vanished hand and the sound of a voice that was still was not the least of the forces in his great llop |