| Show LIFE AN inspiration why he will for all time be nu numbered in with the greatest of the earth HERB are character characters eo so geat great that their memorials are tributes to those who read them it Is so w with atit abraham lincoln to preserve a tame that Is I 1 undying the s appropriation by J congress ot 2 r was not needed As proof of a nt lone grate fill rat appreciation it was wise and generous wo we hear bear much theme days of philosophy mort of it not understandable there are Boi letle les tt tat study profoundly and arid profess to comprehend thee these circles aro are mall small and the results that they rain gain are uncertain pt the philosophy of a life like LIn lincoln tolue a takes bold hold mon ulan millions it abides in the hearts and mind minds of men med it influences nation nations it whole race races in comparison it what other la Is worth while born dom in wretched poverty an ill favored child upon whom and whose whoso pit rents our learned teamed professors would arve frowned and always poor be he had been with the greatest 0 of f the earth never la in his lifetime regarded as an an orator be he la Is enrolled among the most gifted pleader pleaders ot of all ages never educated never widely read nev e r a traveler be he Is in coci eded to h have v v a been one of the wisest of men never a trained soldier he commanded in war greater armies than any monarch or gertral never having had more than local celebrity as a lawyer be he had conceptions ot of justice that were unknown to distinguished jurists of his time never assuming to be a stat statesman esman cr or an and until his call to the presidency a successful manager of any enterprise be he became a riler uno bo will be celebrated forever for wisdom sagacity and firmness never the author of a verse be baa has given us poetry in prose that ie in imperishable the humblest the least assertive of men it fell to him in an hour of cru crushing shins responsibility as command erin er in chief by the sovereign stroke ot of a pen to put human slavery in the way of extinction there la is no obscurity in the pill of such a it life it touches every human being high or low rich ur poor wise wine or timple simple strong or weak it Is to the flesh and blood life the life of struggle borrow sorrow and its lessons are for all what have science reason and recondite theory to offer in place of such a life nothing but words most of them |
