Show IL N OUR OUK BEST A f LOVED AMERICAN K A t in the tt 9 lincoln by ivan deeker decker till amin last weaks issue asua oi 01 wt ana a local ghigli school pub the 0 liy day ot of may 1938 1 I t occasion aaion to spend a lay at OM 1 I uld the cap ay ll 11 city of III lene abraham Locci lii edja fcc jit allt his ili di feMine than at any er H jace ce here lie he lived for rev ia k years in the only home that NO r ow ineil here most ot of b iris bis Is aln t lattice itice was carried on du dur r i chich ach his quizzical stores anecdotes bet at atolls an ah the M count t s here ai in springfield hall ani 4 kiy j represented sangamon fill an to uso use Lincol ns own era al the L of 0 the he k 1 I wid anid he e in the 10 oil tai rives hall of ct the od O d re li 4 louse house orator lihi lincoln coln made k A f his great greate ctet tit speeches it it ft tl ceiler filder that I 1 wished to lo tarry a ilij I 1 for a week ina cail inq oue one shot sho it day tk lie gnew aai capit wing I 1 an tt 4 ing and began him with I 1 learnt leani Q it the old state house had VE to sarn fidd from the lii of yanda Van daiMa ilda after that town n to le be the stale capi cap 1 d was ca carefully irefully placed on a i i conc irete which is visible vs ble ible here her tile the building aed to the illinois headquarters the biow cap capitol tol was built old id state 4 ate house ii ouse now earves erve s e sangamon county court in what is ds now the court of this fine olid old buil liling unmade unade ade ills his famous 1 I louse divi not itself cannot stand i in tilts same mine room hs h s relay in state for three days Ms has corp w thymen paid homage far ar rev ead pres president dealt e also at in tile the ful oak ald cemetery Is facun I 1 L tomb and na jl I 1 M aument ejected by his ain in n te tenolar e nIlar mcanary of thia athla cm lanly kindy man it Js is visited vist exl b by scores cl cf people of 0 all a th the poor thia the aich the tie and the th greant wie everyone lin lill aid h homic ma at esth and jackson s cnare it is preserved a as r he lived thare as a bavel travelers ers it 11 shall always be a e of great pleasure tor for nia to that I 1 have seen all spots with my own eyes the res I 1 took tock that day are very pua us to me it shall give aap beep satisfaction to know that re e sen saen some things that ain saw w that I 1 have walked where balked keil that I 1 have all ili through rough ills his home that I 1 jal held head n my hands some things he held in his bis hoail my image ten reflects d in the bame mir itzi ahat t reflected his that I 1 have abig orl gnal of some ot of his letters that I 1 have stood ne e where he stood while giving some kome of his grest speeches that I 1 harp been within a few feet ot of whre where hs hi s body now flow lies such things may not seen seem im bonant por Lanit to some folk but these are eomme or of my most treasured treasur cd memories why do we tel feel so about bin bohi these are somei some of the rt apa i ile he was is as common oin moin a man as anyone could possibly be ile he ex f t the fact that in anier amel ra tle the po of tile the common man arp limited only by his ability industry ond jil id als he was brim nt over with gord judgment and had an uncanny and ami unerring in e baht into what is right and what 13 3 I 1 think thank the things that tel dd ln t to make him great were tha ha facts that ho he was always fair tind and square and that he always refused ie refused fused to take any advantage AM aid these qualities together T with ills his maidl nm ness and forgivingness his entre fife may well be asid by a puzzled aci world today as aa a i gulong light winch which cluid show tile the way out of our preg nt int chaos chaca it if ever eveir was a anan aman who the true of dem and who showed the lili aca cs for each cilLi zens ment under government govern that man was abraham lincoln if I 1 only all the world would ad pt tile the ot of eight scads voi 19 of anco n all the nations and all 11 peoples could gilve hapley hap paly as Jr brends ends with malice toward acle anil and chain ity to or all |