Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-14
[ILOGIUN
ON LINCOLN.
,....,i,r ctopt' on His Career
and Character
: GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS.
Hs'f'' "'' or,he slaves-Lord
"'' ao,,D,r,'' tribute

N1V lnt
aa''l ,..,,.5 states ambassador - " =
o.. yn,lr' this evening delivered oly,S
eai' bl'-',' lecture at the Philosoph-
o a'a ..'i.',, y Of Edinburgh taking
a' ,i.l. THE he career and chara'-
f.,.rrgpYs INTRODUCTION
S''D a,..n,,y. who presided, intro
81 NJ il,, O,, /. one or that choice
W Ca'o I, men whom the United
s''''' .'., cont to this country lie
si's al,s himself to us In r :, =
" itsaIIs.u l..e by his brilliant anu
,lkas.e 49, For his discourse ne
RI Qlallu''soo NJ the most interest
y i, .,,. m the range Of posslDlliiiiE;
gcalcH nan na whom he personally
a F.i Y, ' se.h. Abraham Lincoln
COATES Address
q. rssste said IN part s,,,yor tho
'Tlsl ", 49,, Sc on this occasion, /
niIi,,.s I hal owed this compliment i lsI,
~, NAT / was the oiilclal req ,.
y NV y, America and In select.
's,,'au's " yenturtd 20 think that
= 'l s.l.s.,s, yon for an hour IN
isl .., ,i' IN popular government, as
M VA by the life Of me NOS nos
So. 5.',- 4, an Americans. l therefore
,'..la ., y, FOR asking your atten-
81 ~ y Abraham Lincoln TO ms
~. Y .tsraoter and the parts ne pore
Z v ,-os,tant echieyements OF mou-
....l,1.,-y-the preservation OF the
I.,| NE American Union ana
\ Wv, ,--.S.,spstlon Of the colored race
/ trooly An OBJECT OF ABUSE.
.,.,,,y Me brief term OF power he
..,S,hly the object Of more abuse,
.Si,,on ana ridIcule than any other
,,s world: but when he fell by
IN n an assassin, at the very
-, N his stupendous victory, an
4. ,,ti,rs 81 the earth We'd with one
,.s,'flp paying homage 10 his char-
-. ,ri the thIrty-hve years that
~. ,,.s elapsed have established his
~ n history as one OF the great
| ,...hr,-s not OF his own country
| "a b, d the human race
.gt5' can furnish no match lor
A, r~sBee OF his life. and biography
N. searched in vain for such start
=, N s,l,u5es Of fortune, so great
W. ,r8 glory won out OF such hum
\ WINNINGS and adverse circum-
rrs'
y, ctoae then entered upon a de-
~ r5ry Of the early trials and pri-
a,rs q Abraham Lincoln, his strug-
= % the study and practice OF the
n sad he,
Rs LEGAL ATTAINMENTS.
n Professional brethren win natu-
III ok NE how could this rough
zlvaisman, whose youth had been
on d he forest or on the farm and
rsa. without culture and training,
t.at0l OF study. by the random
,REl on he wing Of a few miscel-
r,a law books, become a learned
Il accomplished lawyer? Wen, he
Ne IA He never would have earned
& at as a writer for the signet nor
b. 59E a place as advocate In the
w q sessions whore the technique
~ profession has reached It's high
HH.s,ilon. and centuries Of learning
e precedent are Involved In the
slis1snt o. a lawer. Or. Holmes
Eisisd by an anxious young moth
VIA should the education Of a
'ig.h, replied, Madam. at least
t1ilfts before Il Is born and so
= sue Il Is with the Scots lawyer.
sa tN 20 IN Illinois I'm 1870. Be
~ ~ and 1850 It's poulatlon in
H ivanW-fold and when Lincoln
= pncucng law On Springfield in
ls % Illinois was very crude and
and 50 We're the courts. and the
as1hon Of justice. Books and H.
~ stre scarce But the people
stca upheld the law and FOL.
{. ll' courts and soon found their
We among the advocates. The
-lfa'al principles Of the common
81 forth by Blackstone and
gsIe not so difficult TO acquire;
ems common sense. force Of
800 ienacity Of purpose. ready
=. power Of speech dld the rest
,..iasi all the deficiencies OF