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the race Leave out o. TIE T0GAOA4Iz
the early death Of the king OF Rome.
leave out his fathers downfall leave
this boy out entirely, and take any
one OF 4 hundred or = thousand heirs
70 great hopes who were born Too
years ago and match him against Lin
coin. Lincoln beat all the kfngIets
and priucelIngs as ne beat the king OF
Rome. They we're endowed with no
more fingers and no more toes than
he had. Every fancied advantage
which was fondIy conferred on them
only loaded them down.
How 70 Make King
Napoleon himself started al nothing
and whipped the heir of all ages. Yet
he forgot that he could not transmit
20 his son the superiority that had
lifted him above the sons Of conquer
0rs. As well might al athletic cham
pion faCter himself that he could be
4ueath his championship.
II Napoleon was determined 10 raise
u another Napoleon, ne might have
tried 10 rear his boy as he was reared.
rather than Ike & Bourbon. His faith
~ and mother we're hunted things II
the Corsican mountains until within
few weeks o. his birth. u hen. the war
being over. they returned 10 Ajaecio.
weary and poverty stricken. but Just
in time for him TO be born under :
roof. His childhood was IS tree as
3 savages and nearly as wild The
sailors on the beach and the herds
men in the mountains we're his favor
lie companions and principal instruct
ors
Learning 20 Rule
Tie most practical and useful mon
arch Europe ever had was Peter the
Great He stepped down from the
throne OF the Cars and went to work
in disguise. that az might learn how
TO rule.
He stepped down from the throne
OF the Cars and stunned princes and
palaces LabOring and living among
the working people CO Holland. Eng
land ard ether foreign countries. he
made docks and shipyards and ma
chine shops his university. Equipped
with lessons from real life he went
back 10 his throne and erected Russia
into nation. adding half a dozen
provinces 70 his empire, pushing IT'S
frontier 10 the shores OF two seas. set
Up a modern army and feet. and es-
ra5lished academies, galleries and Il
orartes.
Liberty is the only school for great .
ness. and pFivaCT0u and toll the only
teachers The prevalent stupidity Of
royalty and aristocracy is far less sur !
-riS-Cg than the genius il develops in /
rare instances Under Overwhelming
disadvantages
Lincoln's Apprenticeship
In the race for al the greatest prizes
Of life there IS 3 good deal Of fairness +
and equality. There IS a pretty even
start for the enduring b0uors il state /
craft. in war. IN letters in science. [
and in whatever field men contend for +
the nOblesr rewards Fame really
means 10 Be democratic, and there is /.
no royal blood 10 her temple
t. Is open 70 doubt If any king ever
had as many advantages as Abraham
Lincoln. or was so well trained for
ruling or leading = people. We hear
much Of his disadvantages. and many
view his triumph over them as in the
nature OF q miracle. Looked at in an
other light. however, it IS plainly TO
be seen that Lincoln was far more
wisely Appended than any prince 10 Z
the trade OF governing. Thus. when
his great task came TO him. i found i
him trained Ike a thorough Journey .
man 70 lead the masses whose life he +
shared