The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-12-12

Abraham Lincoln, to all human eyes,
save thos of his mother, was not the
equal of he ape of the same age. Fiji
ty-six ysrs later, when Lincoln died,
the Grid of grief-stricken people
were hi requiem, and our belief is
that as his stately shade entered
through ftfs pearly gates every choir
in Paradise sang welcome, and every
harp ranglout in welcome acclaim.
And neither the man nor the ape had
changed The ape was what his an
cestors wes in the garden. The man
was as thefirst man when the Infinite
breathed lfe into his nostrils and he
stood form living soul. The ape has
not increased in knowledge, he is the
same a'e, men have gained much in
knowledge, but here and there one
rises p, and suddenly, when the call
Gomez re draws upon the original soul
and speaks words that make us know
that had he never seen a book, he still
would have been greater than any
bcok-made man in all the world. |
Looking backalong the centuries, we
do not think there is any evidence that |
the stature of mans greatness has
been enlarged. He has gained in
he has mastered many of
secrets, he mas stored his
mind with the facts of the past, and,
opening one door after. another in the
laboratory of nature, he has seized and
the treasures found with
H. But has any poet written grander
thoughts than did the first one of
whom we have any knowledge? Has
here ever been modern soldier
'reater than the great julius? or an
Intellect higher than Aristotle's? Did
lot Washington have a model in Gin
innatus? Has any modern orator
TIRED the souls of men as did De-
1osthenes: Did man learn any mer- |.
y until Christ came? Man has in
reased immensely in knowledge. but
as he gained in wisdom? His ac-
ulred knowledge is vastly greater
han of old, but in intuitive genius
as there been any Improvement? If
ny one thinks there has, let him read ,
salah and Job, and reflect that they
ere written three thousand years be-
IRE there was a university or a daily
aper or a perfecting press, or a
telegraph or wireless, and
i'll can any modern man give ex-
ression to higher thoughts or clothe !,
lem in more sublime diction? Re-
lrning to Lincoln, even after the
eople recognized the divinity within t
m and gave him the great Office of q
hief Magistrate, those near him could S
ot understand how such a man could
7er be called great lie lacked in a
dish, he Lacked II. laprning, he knew e
)thing OF the fosr courtesies of So
ETY., and the brilliant men aroun1 O
m were in despair. They did not o
low that mis- soul was a diamond Il
hich the iric5it,l of war was polish c
g, until, w1e the tirae was ripe, on s
lie immortal day, it suddenly blazed fl
azed out with a splendor which "
inded them, and then they knew that d
his cabin home an angel came, and, N
nding over his rude cradle, placed IL
e signet of immortality upon his
by brow. d
And it was notice served upon p
ankind that great knowledge cannot tt
We land, but there must be some Ell
ing to give actual life to that germ ia
lied patriotism, which enlists all d.
e native faculties of brain and e1
art and conscience and justice in a P
man being, and makes him lose the k;
aims that have come to poor human n;
: through the ages, and leave him in th
5 native divinity as was the first til
IN when God breathed immortal life tn
to his nostrils and made him a liv- st
g spirit.-Goodwins Weekly. m
ty