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Show I LINCOLN'S LIFE I AN INSPIRATION I Why He Will for All Time Be Num- I bered With the Greatest of the Earth. H mm HERE are charac- H B ") tera so great' that I tcPmrK tnc'r memorials H I C"TJW ) are tributes to H 5 I - those who read I ii. wlth Abraham I S&SSiTft' Lincoln. To pre- I -jfeEslfcfc'j!?! servo a fame that H 5xJs5r55Es!pS' Is undying, tho H s't appropriation by H "S""0"" congress of 2,- " 000,000 was not H needed. As proof of a nation's grate-H grate-H iful appreciation it was wise and gen-H gen-H crous. H Wo hear much these days of phll- H tosophy, most of it not understandable. H 'There are societies that study pro- H Roundly and profess to comprehend. These circles are small and tho re- Isults that they gain are uncer- tain. ' But the philosophy of a life like Lincoln's take hold upon millions; It iabides In ttm hearts and minds of men; It influence nations; It Inspire H (whole races. Is comparison with It' rwhat other Is worth whlleT H ' Born in wretched poverty, a 111- H xavored child mpoa whom and whoa' & parents oar leaned professors would have frowned, and always poor, he had been numbered with the greatest of the earth. Never in his lifetime regarded as an orator, he is enrolled among the most gifted pleaders of all ages. Never educated, never wldoly road, nove? a traveler, he Is conceded to have been ono of the wisest of men. Nevor a trained soldier, ho commanded com-manded in war greater armies than any monarch or general. Never having had moro than local celebrity as a lawyer, ho had conceptions con-ceptions of Justice that were unknown to distinguished Jurists of his time-. Novcr assuming to bo a statesman or an economist, and never until his call to tho presidency a successful manager of any enterprise, he becamo a ruler who will be celebrated forever for-ever for wisdom, sagacity and firmness. firm-ness. Nevor the author of a verse, ho has given us poetry in prose that Is Imperishable. Im-perishable. -The humblest, the least assertive of men, it fell to him In an hour of crushing responsibility as commander-in-chief, by tho sovereign stroke of a pen, to put human slavery in tho way of extinction. There Is no obscurity in the philosophy phil-osophy of such a life. It touches every human being, high or low, rich or poor, wise or simple, strong or weak. It U the flesh and blood lite, the life of straggle, sorrow and achievement It lessons are for all. What have Science, Reason and recondite re-condite Theory to offer in place of such a life? Nothing but words, most of them meaningless I |