The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-02-18
BRITISH AMBASSADOR ON LINCOLN.

One Of the addresses the Lincoln Celebration at Sprn
ed was by Hon. James Bryce British Ambassador who was &C
eye England the days when Lincoln did his great wor
The following striking passages from his eulogy
81 was an undergraduate student the University OF Ok
ford when the Civil War broke out Well do remember the
surprise when the Republican National Convention nominal
ed him as candidate for the Presidency, for had been eX
pected that the choice would fall upon William H. Seward
recolect slowly dawned upon Europeans in 1862 and
1863 the President could be ordinary man because ne
never by the which betel his arms
because let himself be hurried into premature action
nor feared take bold step the Emancipation Pro
when he that the time had arrived Ana
above all the shock of and grief which thrill
ed all Britain when the that he had persisted by the
bullet of an assassin There have been not few murders of
the heads time but smote us with such
horror and such pity the death of this great strong and
merciful the when his long ana patient eorS
crowned with victory and had Just begun to
shed her rays land laid waste by the march of armies
eve in England already felt then that great well as
good man had departed though remained for later to
enable all boh you here and the other hemisphere fully
appreciate his greatness Both among you and with u.s.
has continued to rise till he has become one OF
the grandest figures whom America has given World His
tory glory first of this country then also of Mankind
"A man may be great by intellect by character or by
both The highest great by both and of these
Abraham Lincoln, Endowed with powers that were solid
rather than shining he was not what called brilliant man
Perhaps the of instruction and stimulation during his
early life prevented naturally vigorous mind from learning
how nimby The disadvantages of his boyhood the
want of books and teachers were and by
his knowledge and his strenuous will that he drew
strength from them Thoughunes and intensity the capa
city reflect steadily and patiently problem till it has
been solved of the most distinct impressions which
gets from that strong rugged face with its urowed brow
and deep set eyes.
Three points should be forgotten which, they do not
add to Lincons greatness make attractive Oness
the fact that all unaided the pinnacle of power and
responsibility Barely indeed has it happened in history hard
" at happened in the last century outside AMI
born in poverty with help throughout his
youth from intercourse with educated people, with friend
to him except whom the impression of his per-
sonaty brought round him. should rise second IS the
gentleness Of his heart
81" is often said that every great man unscrupuous and
doubtless of those whom usage has attached the title
have been To preserve Truthflnes and Conscientious
appears scarcely possible the of life where i'm
make necessary and therefore make 1t
right aside the ordinary rules of conduct in order to
end desired To Abraham Lincoln however truth
uness and consciousness remained the rule of life He
felt and owned his responsibility only the people but to
higher power Few men have so stainless record"
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