Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-02-20


man to undertake an exhaustive com
parison between these two greatest
Americans especially within the lin.
its of a short address But by con
trasting their lives at certain periods
La marked difference may be observed
between them, and lessons of value
may be found for every young man
striving for success though he feels
great odds against him.
/. Birth.
Washington was of good birth,
though not, properly speaking, an ar .
istocrat. His ancestry could le
traced back to the titled English
class, several generations gone,
though they were not men of great
prominence.
Lincoln was of poorer birth, al.
though his mother was of a better
family than his father He said him
self that they We're both of the sec
ond families"
ii. Early hfe.
Washington was not especially
brilliant as a boy, though he had good
advantages for his day. His educl-
tion was not very extensive, consist
ing mainly in the good old rule of
three" Socially, however, he had
the very highest advantages. His
half brother, Lawrence owned Mt.
Vernon, where the youth had the =.
most inestimable advantage of meet.
ing nearly all the prominent men and
women met in social life.
Lincoln was brought up in almost
entire poverty, with absolutely no
chance for educational and social ad
vantages except such as came through
his own efforts. Socially his com
panions were rough and uncouth,
though. of course, some of them men
and women of excellent character.
III. Beginnings.
Washingtons parents were not
wealthy, so the youn man learned
trade, taking up surveying while he
was yet very young, being commits
stoned by Lord Fairfax, when he was
only sixteen years of age, to make
surveys in the mountain region of
what was later West Virginia. an
SO faithfully did he do his work, and
so accurate were his surveys that
they stand today, correct in every de
tail. AT this time he was very strone.
very brave and very successful In |
this work he endured many hard
ships, but was being fitted for greater
things.
These were dark days for Lincoln. |
His mother was dead, his father was |
doing but little for the care |
Of his family, the country was new |
rough, and the people generally, |
crude and careless. There are two
pictures at this period that are wo..
hy of note. Washington was already
l major over one of the military dis
-ricts of Virginia. and sent to the
headquarters of the French in Ohio 20
against the French and
indian depredatiQns. SO successful
vas he that only two years later he
vas chosen as aide to General Brad.
lock. ard in the bloody Seven Years
Var" against the French and Indians
he was the one man who came
through with signal honors, which
vas fully recognized by the House
# Burgesses Note Lincoln at the
anne age. His father, after leaving
ient ky, and living short time in
had moved to the new coun.
ry of Illinois, where. upon the banks
If tha Sangammon River. he was
tarting a home. Here was the young
lonely uneducated, unknown. Wash
ngton with every prospect that might
lease the heart of young man
lincoln with apparently nothing but
overty and struggle before him.
~. Early preparations
At the age of 26 Washington was n
'olonel in the Colonial forces. ard
ad received marked honors from tho 8
Iouse Of Burgesses. Through tile
cath of his half brother, Lawrence. s
nd his niece. he had inherited the \
asst estate of Mt. Vernon. making him |
ne OF the richest planters in vir !
inia. and his fortune was etlll fur.
her increased by bis marriage the !
year TO Martha, the widow
( Daniel Parke Custis. the richest 1
'oman in that part of the Colony. !
lis magnificent estate setretched for |