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Show ABRAHAM LINCOLN.' iTomorrow Is the birthday of Abraham Abra-ham Lincoln, tho man who preserved the Union In one of the bitterest strifes tho world has ever witnessed, Each successive year, the namo of this great man becomes more of a household word for sincerity and dc-votedness dc-votedness to duty and tho wclfaro of man. Tho good thnt such men do UveH,after them, even throughout the ages. The force of his examplo to the young for striving after1 the great and tho good Is Incalculable. Were ho to, , hayo said scarcely nothing, ,e)se, or .have done naught hut speak, the fauious lines of his Gettysburg address, ad-dress, his namo would survive to the einl ot United States history. But his acts wero even greater tluin his words, though his words vivified many a spiritless spi-ritless phraso thnt meant more than Ujjliisplied. His namo will bo loved by nil people who have suffered, or who desire to lift tho world onto a lilfihcr plane. Iu n park In Chicago there Is a great statue ot Lincoln that rises from n drivo as you enter tho gardens. Hii stands alone, head slightly bowed, the troubles of a nation wrinkling his massivo brow. Thus wo seo him In thot pages of. history. Tho statue typifies the splendid courage and nUiofucss of tho man, his willingness to, undertake responsibilities no matter mat-ter what their weight. To como un expect edly on this stntuo Is to bo suddenly awakened to tho majesty or a real man. Thnt'grent, tall, ungainly un-gainly figure that reminds one of a massive oak, which has survived without the loss of strength all tho battle of tho elements that man enters en-ters your heart and your ambitions. Ho was ubovo his surrouiidlnKs but the Insplrcr of oven tho meanest mi n. Ho Is such today, oven moroso than yesterday, and hr vlll bo greater to-morrow. to-morrow. May tho Ureal Almighty (tod sendnore men to this eaitli who aro big In heart and mind llko Abraham Lincoln . |