Show abraham lincoln always of by and for the people so long as there Is a man willing to work but unable to find employ n ne e t the I 1 ours ot of labor are too long the words quoted above are not it 4 se of a modern day economist tt tl ey came from the mind and lips of one who long ago had his finger on the pulse of american affairs he came from the people and rose to high estate and esteem by mere force of character and indomitable will he ile was more self educated than learned he held no degree from a great uni vers ty he it d no new planets he flew no oceans he amassed no col insi ins i I 1 f rt ne yet he did at a time when it ailred a degree of courage rare in history firm for his con dictions vict ions class meant little to him beyond a division set aside for self centered ends he ile was of by and for the people he ile had visions yet was not vision ary his fits judgment may not have been infallible yet it was based on logic and fore forest sll 11 t H s work was ous yet he nee neier turned aside hard labor wis vis his portion in early life hii hi choice later of lowly origin rigan he rose to heights never dreamed of out uncouth perhaps but polished as the finest steel beneath rough at times per perhaps hils vet tender as a woman to those in d stress he be who spoke the words quoted saw far into the future a n I 1 t tie I 1 P tl ti sl gi I 1 ci in f fr r in the heart he was the workers friend he ile Is so still As long as the world exists down through th the e ages will reverberate abraham lincoln s forceful words of consolin con on an I 1 elc i rage ment to all who earn a live livel hood by the sweat meat of the brow the world may never see his like again but his memory emory will never perish stand w th anybody that stands r stand w th h in wh wb ie le he Is r glit and part w tb th h in when he goes wrong lincoln |