Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-12


stand H." are mfly weil known BY
rame, and sometime read
But there ore 80 many wise, tender,
magnificent things iIom the pen OF
Lincoln, which, thougn they are with
.in Che reach OF all, remain practically
unread. We doff orr hats 10 them.
when they are reforIcd 20, and take
lhom as n matter of course. Matter
of course really spells Indifference
Let as make a journey 20 the well
ourselves.
What OF that famous u would save
the union letter thai he sent to Hor-
ace Greeley, IN which he rlddled the
editor OF the New York Tribune with
the most delicious soiire2 DO you
know lt7
What Of his reply 10 the working.
men Of Manchester. the letters to Nc
.Clellan, GRAFT seward, the note 10
.Ihuriow Weed. ~ which, referring 10
his recent inaugural address ho saS 81.
Men ere not battered by being shown
that there has been difference 81
purpose between the Almighty and
them. To deny II. however. IN this ease
is 10 deny that there is q God govern
Ing the world It S. Cd truth which /
thought needed TO bee tOld!" DO YOU
catch the sublime simplicity and mod
osty OF this last?
What Of that masterpiece 10 Gen.
.Cral Hodier?
General: / have placed you al the
heBd Of the Army ol he Potomac. OF
course. ! have done This upon what APP
pear to me 10 be sufficient reasons and
yet think a best for you to know
that there are some things IN regard
10 which ! ana not quite satisfied with
you / have heard In such a
way as to believe 10, OF your recently
yaying that both the army and the
government needed dictator or
course, it was nOt fog this, but in
spite Of Il, that | have given you the
command. Only those generals VINO
gain successes can set MP dictatorB.
What ! now ask Of you IL military
success, and | will risk the dictator
ship"
What OF that letter to Mrs. Bixby.
the mother OF i've sons who have
died siorlously on the field of batter
He ended this note 20 an obscure
woman. Yours very sincerely and re.
Fpectiully. Abraham Lincoln" whete-
as to the powerful Greeley he did not
deign the courtesy Of his full name
Yours. A. Lincoln"
One likes to see that down in black
and white.
What OF his Lost Speech" made az
bloomington, Ill.,, in 1856, at the or
sanitation OF the Republican party.
md so-cailed because an the report
ers. conquered by his eloquence, for
got TO take notesg One young law
ycr kept his head better chan the
others and managed TO get some
shorthand notes From ,aese and
from a remarkable memory he wrote
down years after what ali surviving
hearers unite IN calling an accurate
rendering this unique speech.
Much has been written OF I.incoln's
humor--as though be we're mere
iokemaker.
To me this hamor was a far bigger
end grander thing than his foollng.
his anecdotes, brilliant and niumi-
hating as they were. like summer
lsht'ng, morely indicated The remote
storm below the Aorizon his humor
was his sanlty--hls balance. lie knew
how 20 do the right as he saw the
night and hide the well done of the
future
This Illinois railsplittcr reminds me
oil no one So much "a Jesus. the son
Of the Nazarene carpenter Lincoln
was second only to one In being the
lallest, saddest, wissst, most humorous
man since time was.
Read the Cooper institute address
and try 70 find single statement that
could have been made palmer. You
viii be doomed to failure. | think. but
such failure Is n delight.