| Show i f f LINCOLN'S LINCOLN'S P PART ART IN HISTORY r t r parr Many l Y ar are e living Jiving who lived during the the latter part of the he lifer lifetime life life- 1 J time tune of Abraham Lincoln A few remain who knew him peri personally per per- X i t s All of the American people and thousands thousands in foreign 1 hands hands' across the ocean hold his name nanIe and memory in In respect and and admiration Each recurring birthday anniversary of the like immortal l f Lincoln brings its lessons For Lincoln was the type of man man who would sacrifice all other conditions for principle or whatever what what- t t ever was believed by him to be correct correct and honest attitude VerI Versatility Ver Ver- I 1 was among b his characteristics Whether any given situation situa situa- I tion staged the humorous or the tragic he seemed to have the they y aI appy lY faculty of knowing how to o take advantage of the circumstance circum circum- circumstance stance stance- f 1 t t The rhe side glances of f Lincoln's character reveal perhaps as i f much of interest as his Ius accomplishments as a statesman prove I I his a ability Above all he was immortally human There is no e end d to his life There can be no last word concerning his career He lIe grew to greatness while living he remains alive tho the a It dead In him hinI honest was not only a virtue it was power Simplicity Sim Sim- k y was not only his guiding trait it was his strength in great tribulation Lincoln the the gr great Beat at general Lee understood the theory of this is he knew that his is mission was one of representing represent represent- ing lug the she people in great issues With this in mind he always stood ready and willing villing to sacrifice himself for the cause which he challenged Had Kad it not een for men like Lincoln editorial writers would have to fancy their subjects draw and aP upon upon on their imaginations b J But with hi his life and works before them there is presented a vast J of human events a period of absorbing interest beU because be be- cause cause it is magnificent and epochal His personal career was vIas typical typo 1 ical real o of his time yet it stood out in decisive contrast and constitutes constitutes constitutes constitutes' U an important phase in American and even world history if |
