The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-02-12

Ilon. thought, study. self-conquest ano
the highest intellectual development.
Such fsyce ssi that could never be I'M
attractive or displeasing.
This lea der OF men was individual,
peculiar, S some would say, in his
traits. inst Is he was original in speech.
While his 81 yle is not always perfect.
it is always Linccln's, end there is moth
ing in the English language that viii
surpass in fel icity Of expression or loft
mess of sentiment his memorable
speech at Get tys burg, in which he de-
clares he hao malice for none, but
charity for an. His diction is like
his handwriting. plain. but elegant and
intenigible.
Mr.. Lincoln's memory has been re-
ferred to, and it may be declared to
have been as marked faculty as any
other of his extraordinary brain. Every
impression made upon his mind would
seem to have been permanent; incl
dents, faces, names and dates were re-
called after many years with marvellous
circumstantiality of detail. This at
tribute was of gr latest service to him
In political liz, and almost priceless
while he was president, when the null
tiform duties of the Office pressed upon
him. While in no sense neglecting the
civil duties of the Office, which never
were more onerous than under his adj
ministration, he was compelled to fol-
low the details of military operations
and to become acquainted with the
character and merit OF those who held
important trusts. This memory never
failed him: once he met man, he knew
him forever afterward, and promises
that were made or received were never
forgotten. Men who knew him best
were amazed at the intimate acquain-
lance he had with the writings of the
great authors.
Scarcely less remarkable were his
powers of endurance. The endowment
of strength was hereditary, and the
thirteen years spent N the wilds of In
diana, supplemented with two subse-
uuent years of arduous manual labor in
Illinois, but added to the measure of
his physical powers. In the Hoosier
state, when a youth OF nineteen, not
DIllN Gu Els COlOSSdl kIlS "dS
four inches above six feet in height,
but also his superior skill, strength, en-
durance and agility in all manly sports
make him easily first among all his fell
lows. Ee was victor in all running,
wrestling, boxing and other contests;
while with the plow, or hoe, or ak, he
was equally excellent and supreme.
1t may be mentioned that his fame as
q rail splitter came of his labors after
removing to Illinois, when he and John
Hanks cut and "mauled" number OF
rails sufficient to inclose his fathers
farm. His farm labors ended in the
following year, 1881, when his father
removed from Macon county. The
rugged and rough life of his boyhood,
youth and first dawn of manhood, with
his inherited robust frame, enduel
him with excelling strength that en-
ebled him to bear any burden, however
great. His labors in the last four years
of his life were unremitting and almost
constant, yet he withstood them with
out abatement of vigor or loss of spir-
tied energy.
A man of strong moral convictions
and keen sense of justice, he was acute
ly alive to his responsibility for per-
sonal acts, especially as their results
might affect others. Sternly just
towards himself, he was extremely