The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-28

that kind. The orator closed with the
following exOrdium:
When the horny outside case which
protects the infancy of a chrysalis ma
ton suddenly bursts. and, in a single
abrupt shock, it finds itself floating on
wings which had not existed before,
whose strength IL has never tested,
among dangers it can not foresee and
is without experience TO measure, ev-
cry motion is a problem. and every
hesitation may be an error. The past
gives no clue TO the future. The IA
theirs, where are they? and the prODh-
cts, do they live forever? We are our
selves the fathers. We are ourselves
the prophets! The questions that are
put to US we must answer without de-
lay, without help-for the sphinx al
lows no one to pass.
At such moments. which have al
ready occurred at least twice in the
brief history Of our own lives. we may
be humbly grateful to have had lead
ers simple in mind, clear in visiOn-as
Tar as humOn vision can safely extend.
penetrating in knowledge Of men,
supple and flexible under the strains
and preSsures OF society, instinct with
the energy of new life and untried
strength, cautious, calm. and above ALL
gifted in supreme degree with the
most surely victorious of all political
vlrtueS-the genius of infinite patience.
The obvious elements which enter
into the fame Of a public man are few
and by no means recOndfte. The man
who fills great station in a period Of
change, who leads his country success
fully through a time OF crisis: who. by
ms power of persuading and control
ling others, has been able to command
the best thought of his age. SO as TO
leave his country in a moral or ma
terial condition in advance of where
ne found it-such mans position in
history is secure.
Fame to Be Eternal.
If, in addition to this. his written
or spoken words possess the subtle
quality which carry them far and
lodge them in mems hearts, and. more
than all, if his utterances and actions.
while informed with a lofty morality,
are yet tinged with the glow Of human
sympathy, the fame Of such a man will
shine like beacon through the mists
Of ages-an object of reverence, Of imi-
tatiOn and of love. 1t should be 10 US
an occasion of solemn pride that in the
three great crises Of our history such
value to a nation Of renown such as
WashingtOn's and LincOln's and Nc
kinley's is beyond all computation. No
loftier ideal can be held up to the emu
latlon Of ingenious youth. With such
examples we cannot be wholly ignoble
Grateful as We may be for what they
did, let us be still more grateful for
what they were. While our daily be
ing, our public policies, still feel the
influence Of their work, let US pray
that in our spirits their lives may be
voluble. calling US upward and onward.
There is not one Of us but feels
prOUder of his native land because. the
august figure of Washington presided
over its beginnings; no one but vows
IL tenderer love because Lincoln
poured out his blood for it; no one but
must feel his devotion for his country
renewed and kindled when he remem-
bers how Mckinley loved. revered, and
served il, showed in his life how citi-
zen should live. and in his last hour
taught US how a gentleman could die. -