The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-25
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banquet the President said In part,
~ oonulder II " great opportunity
~ No present "a tho guest Ut thh
association OF tho city which know
Lincoln Intimately
Wlnooln came up from the Boll lle
wOa one or the plain pooplo, but lived
aud dreuBed aud ate aud spoke aa they
did, aud In early life aeemod 70 have
many or the doreota and faulnga they
had
olle used aud cultivated the art Of
politics ma thoy did, but II was not
dlmoult for those who know him and
who oAme close 10 him w realise tho
greatnoaa Of hla character and Intel
leol aud the other unoXooptlonh
qualities that differentiated him from
hlR follows,
"fhoso traits In him, which now
place him with Washington alone,
Gld not mako themselves clearly
manifest, aud we're not fully develop
cd until tho trials Of the four years VI
eur Clyll War In the supreme toat
he throw OF much OF the droaa M his
early life mlght have shown,
Had Humble start,
Lincoln had lived In tho humhloat
homo ON farm, had visited Now
OroAna ON " fiat bout, aud conducted
n country store and educated himself,
hud studied law and praollOod II, had
been In the legislature, had once boon
IN Congress-, and had lived all tho
time tho life Of tho plaln people.
"llo had taken part In tho grodlOsl
debate Of this or any other country
on llho slavery question ana thou
Without any executive oxporIonoC
whatever, was thrust into IN once
requiring IN tho Huoooasfu dIsohnrgl
Of lls dutloa tho hlghoat ability IN
selecting sub0rdInalos, tho keonoav
political aonae and ahrowdnosa In or
der 10 secure unity Of support In TN
loyal states, familiarity with mill
tnry strategy and the organization
Ut military resources ana patience
ana long suffering kindness that haI
no superior That wo know Of, aayo II
Tho llfe Of Jesus,
"Lln0Oln'B intellectual honesty AM
his great, sympathetic, human hear
were his two greatest and highest NJ
tributes, because from them nowol
hll his other qualities. From boyhoo
he had trained n reasoning faculties
had praelloed simplicity OF style m
direct statement Ills words wor
short ana Anglo.Baxon In derivation
and Tho simplicity Of his sentence
hnrmonlgod with tho luoldlty ON
cearnoss 0f his thought
Severe Win Himself
4 mo ono could DO eoyorer with M
other Than h0 was with himself 1
; reaching nm agreement. what h
wrote or spoke had most oonyinoln
quality llo was interpretive, an
was severe In his solfjudgmont
Ills read0rs saw IN his troalmon
" subjects q disposition 10 koop on
NJ sight any formidable obstruction
IN The flow Of reasoning ~ his con
oluslon, AZ u matter NJ fact, no hunt
"a Tor opposing arguments and slalot
ihem win oven moro force than dc
bis opponents before no dom0llshoi
ihem lie Capliyalod his audionol
with his fairness aud with simple
words led them along Tho path ho hnt
led hlmself, binding Tho truly truth,
~ cannot pass This most dlslln
Rulsh0d troli IN his character wlthOu
saying that, In my opinion, no w0nll
have made M great u chief justlo,
M he mado a President lIut In thl
crisis IN Tho natl0D's history through
which no lived This quality was nOloi
even more IN the executive Than
would have been In tho ludcln
branch NJ tho government,
style Was Biblical
Ills style was biblical IN ils fore
ana when his whole Dalure wa
reused, M In his second lDaugura
address, II WAS exalted Ms that Of IN
psalmlst or one ~ tho prophets TIL
disposition 10 search himself, thlI
judicial attitude on every matter, gay
him elehrness OF perception and ~
ablod him ~ Judge other men nm
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their probable action, Ills wide NJ
qualDlaDce with tho common mo-
J and the practice NJ putting himself 4
ansdhers place, gaye him Tho lst
called common sense ana sbrewdnog
IN rehdlDg human nature for which II
was noted
"lle cherished no resenlmonls n
was meek and lOwly In Weighing M
qualifications 10 mo0t tho pf0blei
get before him ny the war, ana II
was patient beyond belief win m
men whom be thought ~ BIZ Tho me-
esshfy instruments In aoGOmDllshn
mo nations BJ0d lle hnd slmDI
dignity M President, quite 0qual I
The needs NJ The 0fnee, bat he saH
personal yaDliy and roDressed bis no
1rhl Indignation NJ studied insult