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Show Tributes Paid by Greatest of Earth Mother's Love Recognized by Those Whose Names Shall Live. NAPOLEON said: "The future ef the child la always the work of the mother.". And we realize bow true this Is If we read what some fa-mom fa-mom sons and daughters have said of their mothers and what influence the mother seemed to have on their careers. A striking example is that of Victor Hugo and his mother. When he was born his life was despaired of by all except her. She was determined he should lire and cave him the name of Victor' Marie, and her determination won out, for wlthtn ilr weeks be was well on the way to recovery. Never did she give up hope of Victor Hugo's success In life and one writer tells as that she looked forward with the greatest confidence to the future of her son, holding that "he might with even greater Justice than Foqnet adopt as hla device the words, "To what may I not riser " And Victor Hugo was devoted to bis mother, but like many mothers she did not Bve to see bis first great success, for she died just one year toe soon. Lincoln's Great Mother. To all of us the story of Abraham Lincoln and bis mother Is familiar. We know how, through all her great struggle, she managed to Impart what she knew of the Bible and the little education she had to her son. And we know how hard It was for Abraham Abra-ham Lincoln to see his father put his mother Into a green pine box and bury her, and how he grieved for three months until bis father brought a ' pursuit from Kentucky to preach the sermon and to conduct the proper service for the dead. Frances Wlllard's devotion to her mother Is one of the most beautiful parts of ber life. Truly, Frances WI1-lard WI1-lard Inherited her greatness of thougl.t and her determination to succeed suc-ceed from ber mother. . When as a young teacher abe wrote: "I thank God for .my mother as for no other gift of His bestowing. My nature is so woven Into hers that I almost think It would be death for me to bave the bond severed and one so much myself gone over the river." Francea Wlllard's Tribute. That bond was severed and Frances Wlllard lived Just six years after that mother bad "gone over the river." Her last words were: Tve crept la with mother and It Is the same beautiful beau-tiful world and' the same people; remember re-member that It's Just the same." Another mother who lived to see her hopes In ber child materialised was George Washington's mother. George Washington Park Cuitla tells .us that "the mother held In reserve sn authority which never departed from ber, not even when her son had become the most illustrious of meat." All who bave written of her have accorded her an Influence In determining deter-mining both his character and his career. ca-reer. And on her monument we And the inscription, "Mary, the Mother of Washington." Stern Man's Devotion, : . f One of the softening influences (if we caa believe there was oee) la the life of Oliver Cromwell wee hla mother. moth-er. There was a great devotion between be-tween these two, and abe lived with him until her death at alnety-foor years in Whitehall palace. Bach day he visited her - room, and at ber death he stood by ber bedside with tears In hie eyes. Her last words were, "My dear son, I leave my heart with thee; good night" She Is burled la ' Westminster abbey. fhv iy that man la mlsbty, , ' ! H fovarns land sod , Ha wltlda a mtshty scsptar , O'er lier powars than he. But mlfhtUr powai1 and stronger Man from hla throna haa hurled. For th hand that rock the cradle Is the hand that rulea th world. Kansas City Times. |