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that the last 10 years had seen in the
department of which he was a leader.
Professor Munsterburg spoke in his
native tongue. He said in part: "Mu-
sic in its deepest sense and truth, is
truth. and truth must be alive. If ii
is the purpose of the Germans in this
country to introduce estheticism Ameri-
cans must be gratitied by DR.. Muck's
services in this respect"
Major Higginson in responding for
DR.. Muck said:
DIR. Muck has not only satisfied us
here, but also educated us. We would
like 10 be sure that this is not Lebe
Wohl,' but 'Auf Wiedersehn.' We can
be grateful on our part as he has asked
me to say that he is on his part"
President Eliot also paid tribute to
DR.. Muck
The first Lincoln day proclamation
issued by governor of Massachusetts
was sent out last week by Gov. Cur
It's Guild, Jr., as follows:
by a wise and patriotic act of the
general court il is at once the duty
and the privilege of the governor an
nually 20 remind the people Of the
commonwealth that the 18th day of
February. the birthday of Abraham
Lincoln. is in Massachusetts set apart
for the celebration of the true spirit
Of Americanism with the designation
Of Lincoln day. Massachusetts claims
his ancestry. Kentucky claims his
birth. Illinois claims his home. The
world owns his life. He led the ma
ton to fortune and freedom when the
strain Of a crisis fell upon her in days
of war His example may we'll be an
inspiration to us in crisis that has
come to us in days OF peace.
I'VE are Easing through a quiet.
fairly peaceful but a very real social
revolution. Equal rights were won
by the generations that have gone be-
fore us. Equal opportunities are TO be
our gift TO posterity. AS always at
time of acute social excitement the
demagogue is a most conspicuous fig
ure. The dcmagogue by catering to eX-
tremists seeks first his own advantage
and finds il in turning rational revolu-
tion into irrational anarchy.
Lincoln was neither mawkish nor
sensational. He frankly sought public
office He never sought ii by unworthy
means. His sustaining trust was in the
honesty of the ordinary citizen, whose
life is neither the comfortable in
JoIc 10. -, ,,,I. all .1,a
nor the broken career that leaps 10
embrace gospel of despair. He knew
TO bide his time His weapons were
endless patience, cheerful good nature,
abounding common sense and an
abiding faith i'm his cause. He de-
spised clap-trap. He embodied
cause, not a candidacy. He did not
fight fire with fire He faced hot eX-
element with cold reasoning and
mad yituperation with clear truth.
The adored chief Of the people. he had
time TO earn the love Of the friend
less deserter and the little children
in the streets. The offspring of al
most savage poverty, he died "A dicta-
tor TO kings He made the slave a free
man, he made the federation a nation
"Is law necessary that on the ami
versary of the day that gave him 10
the world, the doors Of the shors and
factories should for a time at least be
closed and those Of the churches
opened? Shall not the children whom
he loved be assembled in their schools
in the morning hours only, that with
the survivors of the Grand Army OF
Lincoln's boys they may renew the
music and the memories Of those days
of conflict and Of lofty sacrifice?
Let cannon and bell at high noon
call the people from sport. or study,
or toll, 10 reflection on that great life
so nobly lived. Let the universal dis
play from tenement to state house Of
the flag OF the United States Of Amer
ice remind the people that our country
is the United States because Of Abra-
ham Lincoln"