Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-05-25 | Page 11 | Lincoln's Life an Inspiration Says Senator Smoot

LINCOLN'S LIFE AN INSPIRATION INSPIRA-TION SAYS SENATOR SMOOT Washington, May 24 Senator Smoot today in the rotunda of the capitol before the Lincoln circle No. 3, Ladies of the G A. R.. delivered a stirring oration on "Lincoln, the Man." Every year this society holds a memorial meeting at the capitol in honor of Lincoln Senator Smoot said in part: "The position that Lincoln attained was due to his own qualities and was gained by his own efforts Many of the world's great men bean. their careers with a goal In view. Not go with Lincoln The long, toilsome climb from the backwoods cabin of Kentucky to the White House, the highest civic position to my mind in the world, marks a trail not oi blood shed and strife, but of kind deeds, worthy motives, hard work and high ideals. "Lincoln did not climb to a power in any petty manner, nor by accident. There, is something akin to insplra- tion in liie life, and who will say he was not inspired9 When the reat Master came to earth to be amonK His people He sought among the lowly for his followers and selected humble fishermen to be the heads of His kingdom, king-dom, and likewise, when the thread of fate hung In the Kalance and Inter nal strife and turmoil threatened to disrupt our nation it is no wild thought to think that God himself guided and directed the steps of the uncouth frontiersman, and gavp him strength of mind and will, until the railsplittper, the flatboat hand, conquered con-quered all and reached the summit, with a spirit calm and unsullied."