The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-02-12
ENGLISH
HONOR
LINCOLN s
MEMORY
fBy AssocIated preus, ,


tas privileged 70 renrc1ent the land
frtm which hla toreiaihers came
Should on behalf of england bring d
tribute Of admlraiion ior him. Hon
Iamcs Bryce. British Ambassador lo
the United states. delivered 4 not,
able adress nj the Lincoln celehra,
lion here today,
''You ere mes n commemorate q
ereaicr man Cne OF your Ereetesl
great % what he did, even greater
N what Ne was sald Mr. Bryce. "Jn'
hundred years have passed since IN
Q i0wly hut IN the bordering Stale dt
Kentucky this child Of obscure end in
lcitcred parents was born into q coun
try then sin Wild and ihiuly pconnd
Three other famous men w9re born
M that snmo year 20 England. AZ
.red Iennyson Chg most gifted noc
who has used ouf lArguagc Sine,
Wordsmllh died; william Gladstone
lhe most p0wcrfnliYersallle aud high
minded Statesman of the last two gen
erailons lu Britain aud Charles bar
win, ihc greatest naturalist since l.in
naens ana chief among The famout
scientific discgverers OF the nineteen
lh century % was wonderful ycaf
and one WHO knew lhrsc tirce ilhti
lrlons Engllshmen whom have named
ls tempted % spaak Of them aud com
pare and contrast each ono OF then
Rith ihat iluairl0us contemporary 90
theirs IN whore momafy we are me
90 honor Nc quilted this world long
before Them but with record ;c
which q long HE could scarcely hay
added any further luslge
"Of The personal impression o,
made on those whc knew him. con.
ilnued the speaker, you will bear
from sCme of TIE few set living who
can recolleci him. An can contrib
ute Is remlniaaence Of what reached
us To HFgland ! wa an undergrad
uate student Id ihn University ni
oxford when ihp Civll war broke oui
Well dc ( rememher the surnflst
waen The Republican Enllonal Con.
vcnilon nominated him as d candidate
for The Presidency Tor Il had been
expected that the choice would fall
upon William Il. y ward 4 reculleci
how d slowly dawned upon Europeans
in 1909 and 1868 that the President
could be 40 ordinary man because tie
never seemed eest down by The re-
verses which hasel hts arma because
he never lei himself be hurried into
premature apion a1r feared 10 take
sQ bola a Step as lha Emancipation
Proclamation was when hU aHw thai
lhe time bad arrived And above al
fempmhar DO sheek Of awe and
grief which thrilled atl Britain whom
lhe news came lhdt he had persisted
ny ihe bullet Of nn assassin These
nave been nGl a fpw murders on tae
aeads oi states In our lme but hcne
amoic US wllh such aorluf and Bach
nliy as ino death 81 lhls great strong
and merciiul maa in fhe moment ahcn
hla lcns and patient efforts had 6eeR
grn@ned With victory a1J Hencc had
just begun le shed her rays over
land lald waste By the march Of ar
mics
We % England aipcady fel, then
ihet > afali es well ss good man
had Departed though Z remained For
laleg yan enable ls all tholn
yqu here ant ihe uiaer hemlsphsfe,
luliy 10 appreciate hls greatness 10th
smDng s0u ana Nlth Us, his fame has
continued 10 rise lll he has now be-
come one go SOC genudaH AgHrs whom
Ame'ica hgs given 20 wgrld EiHers
10 le i glory frs d this country,
lllea al5e 81 Mankind
"a man maY be great by intellect,
ui by chdraclcr or eg boih The high
cs mon arc great hg both. and of
illese Nas Abraham llneo.n In.
duaed eiih pneer6 tha Wfrc solid
raHuf lAar llllnug be- WIS nos wha
Is called hfilliaHf man Perhaps
The Witt ni laslrretion aud almala
ilon autlne hts curly life prevented
bis naturally flg fous mind from
learning how - wefk nimbly 9hc
disadvantages az BIS boghoad lho
want If hanl and teachers We're So
mel and oycteemn By his love II
ltHN Nledgo and ais sifenlaus win shal
De drcE sivnglh from lhcm fhougat
iulnsss and itaeHaiy. lhc rHuucig ic
releet ateadllg and patiently On AZ
gfahlpm tiil Il 1as been solved ls aae
tf llr Two ns distinct impressions
MAleh ana g srum lhGl strong, fng
EHl iafe Hilh ~ furruHca brow And
deco set stes.
4hc aiaeI lwnersal0a "a that oI An.
rhHstn ana HSAhabnblp frsuluilcn
s.eW "a faachins q deflslpn. he held
Wailnsslf u L when ne bad reached
Ii NJ bad moi HicrelY unYsical enur
aze ard chat n ample mpasufe, but lho
fA ~ HnaiI 81 bhlnH ElllIHs i0 taco
and uHlMnuiefl,g III
was his darntlusa eoufnee ana his
clear ihlnkns iias lllled Lincoln &c
ha ne allof laai ffUughi sonr shlp
Hhrerahate wlliltsi tamheai that ffpr
bfi4e sos ltHs Nf
Three nHlngs shmlld rus hf fcqRhl.
lea which ll hey d nor I'D 10 Lin.
eQlD'A gHea nehs make Il mnfe AllIae.
Tive faid Att rffee Unn is the
faes that Il, easg ali unalasd 10 Tie
plHpacle II power and responsibility.
Rarely sndepd Ha q huprAued Vi hls.
tory hardly ii ~ could II have hap
uened n The aAH Century outside ~
America ilINI tnn h8rn II poverty.
Hlth 10 tAn lhlohshut his youth
fren 4ialfqHfsa wilt eduenird pH0
Ole IsI 50 friend o bne hlm ex.
eps shase whom 81 impgssalon q