The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-02-12

than this hnmeiy baekwooda Ideal
iat. but he had nothing Ia common
with those practical men whose
eonHcisncca are warped until they
fail Go distinguish betweou good
and evil. fail TO understand that
strength, ability, HhrewdnesH.
whether IN the world of business OF
% politics, only serve Go make theia
poeaessor onoro noNinue, more
eNil mQYher OF the community II
They are not guided and controlled
by finc and hish moral sense.
sanity Needed.
We Of this day must Try 10 solve
many social and industrial prob
lens. requiring 60 an especial de-
gree tho eemhination OF lndomit !.
able resolution with cool headed
nanity. We can pretis by the way
On which Lincoln used both those
traits 80 he strove for reform We
can learn much Of value from fhe
very attacks which following that
tacks alike 81 the extremists OF
revolution and By tho extremists Of
reaction tie never waNrred IN de-
Nution 10 his principles. Ia hts love
Tor the union. and IN his abherfonce
81 slavery,
rimid and iukewarm people were
always denuuncinR him because he
was too extreme. hut as matter
% fact he never went TO eKtretnoH.
he worked step by step and be.
cause Of this the extremists hated
and denounced him with fervor
which now seems 60 as fantastic a.
ia dedication OF the unreai aha the
impossible.
Attacked By Hath.
A tho very time when one slide
WAS holding him up a. the apostle
OF social revolution because he was
against slavery. the leading aboii.
tloniat denounced him as the slave
hound 81 Illinois When he WAS
thu second time candidate Tor praai-
dent. the majority ~ hts opponents
attacked him because Of what thcy
tcrminsd his extreme faAleaiiam.
while q minority threatenad % holt
hts nomination because he WAS not
radical enough. lie had continually
90 check those who wished Go 60
forward too fast. AZ the very time
that De uVeFrodn the opposition u
those who wished NOE 70 A. forward
az all
The seal was never dim before
hts vision but he picked hts waF
cautiously. without either halt OF
hurry. ~ he strobe toward II.
that 40 man - ieaa courage would
have attempted a. while IL would
surely have overwhelmed any man
Of Judgment leaa serene
FouRht aaa t.eved.
Yet perhaps the most wonderful
thing 20 all. and. from the stand
point % the America % today aud
% the future. The most vitality Inn.
p0rtnHt. was the extraordinary
aay Ia which Lincoln could nsht
xhliantiy against what be deemed
r0uE and yet preserve undimiuiHhs
ed his love and respect FOR the
brother ffem whom he differed. IL
have turned any weaker mans
head. o. tAf heat nf atrnEKie which
spurr9d maH2 coed man ~ dread 3
ful NinhictiVeuU#a4 mo said truths
fully that 30 long an he had been
ia has office ho had never willingly
planted n thorn In any mans bosom.
And heHonght his supporters 20
stedy the Incidents ~ the trial
through which they were passing a.
philosophy from which 20 learn
wisdom and not a. wrongs g Be
avenged. endinE with solemn
exhortation that - the strife was
over All shoulh renmlte 10 q com
mon effort O. save their common
country
Great aase DAYS.
We lived In days that were great
aud terrible. when brother fought
against brother for what zach STA
eereiy deemed 10 be the right In
a contest 40 grim the strong men
who alone can carry "a through are
rarely abs te do Justice % the deep
convictions % those with whom
they wrappie Ia mortal strife A.
darkiy. 20 only the rarest and
iuftieet spirits lW soue hsafed that
clear vision which gradually fnnas
g. an. even 90 ths lesser as ths
struggle fades into distance and
wounds are fergpttsn. ard peace
Rut 10 GAncoin vas given thia
supreme vision. tie Ola mot hate
the man from whom Be differed
weakness was as foreign as-Nicked.
ness 80 hts strong. Kentie nature
but hts courage WAS - a quality 20
hfsh that "a needed no haiat~ftng -
dark pAsafon. lie saw clearly that
the same hiEh Qualities. p. same
saerifIee. and devotion 10 ths right
az it was given them 20 see tie
right, belonged both 20 the men ~
the nerth and 20 the men % the
south.
The sstlss's Pride.
A. the years roll BY and "a al
% us. wherever We dwell. STOW te
self -dovutlon. alihe ~ the nssn WHO
wore the biun and the mon who
wore the gray. 90 thts whole nAfiun
Will srDW t. feel = peculiar sense
e p, Pride 80 @ the niSh,i.s, q ,ss
mighty days the lover Of hts
country and 81 all mankind. the
man whose blood WAS shed for thn
union ~ hts paoplu and for the frs~.
dom 81 rHee. Abraham Lincoln.
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