Gunnison news-champion., 1912-02-09


NLY three years ego The
IA whole world united N b0s-
M memory Of the 80
hunArsAth sanivsrsary Of
~ the barth Of Abraham
Lincola. With ths pscOllsc-
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fposA upoa ~. II nay SQUAD Dosor
AOaicsl TO hint that LincOla b sSsa
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uAa Who soo0s 10 aiD ct 0aterta10-
nsat. Let ~ not forget that LOacolnt
stories and mastery fvsntns wsso
eoly escape valves fer his fsslinss.
Well, ell these superficial thinss, Z
say. We know and appFsciaAs. to -
sure; We hstea to little sermons -
qualities" that he 10 said TO have
possessed; we have heroic half mys-
tical notions about hin; ~ has -
come . myth. But Do We know his
WORDS? Have Ne Arvnh his bottoo-
lsss wisdom? Are Ne vaccinated ~
the Lincoln literatSso against oant
aAA cowardice!
TAe man, statesman. martyr. b writ
ten In letters so large that to many II
may seem anti-climaH to turn to the
smaller print and reed Lincoln, ths
writer Of letters and maker Of speech-
es. Yet here l venture that he is -
lees great. No real man Of letters h
q mere man of letters. You and aAl
ell sensible people have no patience
with the man who writes or talks, not
because he must, but because he can.
The writer who has no purpose N
writing other than literary style may
not be as obnoxious as some other
parasites. but his importance in the
real world Of victory and defeat II
certainly represented by q minus
sign. Lincoln Is one of the for.
tunate few whose genius kept pace
on all sides.
Loyal Americans have perhaps been
I too close to the massive features OF
their hero to admire sufficiently his
symmetry. The colossal effect has
blinded us TO some Of the colossal de
tails. The British have done better.
understand that one and only one
specimen of American oratory is pro
nounced perfect at oxford university
and studied with loving care. OF
course this is the Gettysburg speech
Il know there are good reasons why
Englishmen dislike the speeches OF
John Adams and Patrick Henry. bu,
their judgment is right In this case
despite their prejudiceD No mor<
nearly perfect utterance ever issued
from the mouth Of man.
More or less homage. certainly, hai
been paid to the Gettysburg address
That government OF the people. by
the people. for the people, shall no
perish from the earth" is becomins
the slogan Of newly awakene<
America in her battle against "pripci
palities and powers" The second IN
aueural address also. and the Coope,
institute speech with its famous end
ing.
Let us have fAfth that make. right
and in that faith let ue To the end aar
10 do our duty - we understand n"
are fairly ven known by name. ,pt
sometimes reoA-
But there are 20 many wise. tender
magnificent tAfnGs from the pen o
Lincoln. which. though they are with
IN the reach Of III, remain practjcaIl,