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and his example
are so widely
u : =.sJ ramifying that
LINCOLN DENoUNcING they cannot be
THE GOLD HoARDERs. traced II these
are true and durable they go on for
ever They win and shape uncon-
sciously. They are seeds blown about
the earth, aud every heart is a recep-
tive soil into which they may fall. I'm
this view the results Of Lincoln's life.
toll and faith have only begun. They
will furnish light for mems feet and
| will lead them to liberty, truth and
mercy SO long as America Is a nation
or there Is republic upon the earth.
That Lincoln preserved the Union
and freed the slave is much. That he
showed us what American manhood
can be, that he gave us an everyday
Illustration of democracy, that he
taught us charity and forgiveness, that
he proved to us over and over again
| that nothing is durable but truth, that
he revealed to us how high soul can
| overcome poverty and that he held be-
| fore us the white example of a blame
less lie are more.
Fortunate is the land which has such
a man for it's patron saint. His life
becomes an inspiration for the young,
his precepts guide for the old. He
has marked out new moral paths and
pointed the way to new individual and
social heights. Because he went
| through the wilderness Of trial and
| temptation and turned not aside we
can better find our way. Because he
| was so gentle, SO honest, so true and
so friendly in all the relations of life
we can all be gentler and truer, more
honest and more friendly than we
should have been without his helpful
example.
America Is just beginning to know
Lincoln. She has yet to learn the real
depth Of his political philosophy, his
unwavering confidence in the triumph
Of right, his contempt Of money and
all that money can buy, his divine
faith in the masses of men, the I'M
selfishness Of his motives and, last and
highest Of all, his supreme spiritual
quality. There are enough lessons In
Lincoln to afford profitable study for
a century. If any man can go to
school to that life and not get over
being snOb, a prig or an aristocrat,
| it will be because the pupil has not
enough brains to comprehend what
the master is trying to teach.
Already it is safe to say that no
American has been so illustrious since
| Washington. Concerning none has so
much been written, nor has what has
been written been so eagerly read.
This interest has grown up spontane-
ously from the people themselves. That
Is the beauty Of it. There is nothing
| forced nor artificial in his fame.
/ When certain bankers of New York
tried to corner the supply of gold dur
| ing the war, Lincoln rather heatedIy
said of them that they ought to have
/ their "infernal heads shot off," He
uttered other opinions in kind. About
the only really biting things the Naza
rene ever said concerned the 'sscribes,
Pharisees aud hypocrites," and in the
same way the most caustic OF Lincoln's
remarks related to the money changers
and other like gentry who are the
modern counterparts Of those denounc-
ed by the Master. Lincoln had enough
real insight to see just who are the
worst enemies Of the human race.
No, it is not from these that the phe-
nomenal growth Of Lincoln sentiment
has come. It is from the toilers in the
! fields. the shops and the mines, from
the lowly race he freed, from the sol
diers he befriended, from the young to
whom he gave inspiration, from the
average man and average woman, who
felt In him brother and a friend
One Of the manifesto ions Of the Lin
coin wave that has swept the country
has been seen in the celebration Of his
birthday. This was by no means gen.
eral at first, but was spontaneously
taken up by societies and soldiers
posts, finally by states and few years
Iince was made holiday by the ma
sional government 1t has now culmi-
nated in making his birthplace shrine
and his centenary worldwide ceie .
/ bration.
/ As America grows more democratic,
g all forms Of slavery disappear, as,
genuine manhood and womanhood are
more highly priced, as forms are aban-
1oned and spirituality becomes mani
lest, as mercy, charity and brotherhood
ire enthroned, as the plain people come
10 their own and as men grow in their
love OF truth, Of righteousness and Of i
mercy, the fame Of Abraham Lincolnt
Ind bis influence over his country viii j
Increase, Tor OF all these things he vas
HE champion and the exemplar.