The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-09-04
REAL AMERICANS
SERVE HUMANITY,
SAYS PRESIDENT
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democracy There IS nowhere IN the
land any home 50 remote, so humble,
that II may not contain the power o'
mind and heart and conscience TO when
nations yield and history submits IT'S
processes Nature pays DO tribute TO
arlstooracy, subscribeS to no creed OF
caste, renders icalty to no monarch o.
master " any name or kind uo
Genius is no snob II does not run
after titles or seek by preference the
high circles Of society II affects hum
bic company as we'll as great 1t pays
no special tribute to universities or
learned societies or conventional stand.
ards OF greatness, but scrcnely chooses
is own comrades IT'S own hanntS, its
own cradle even, and its own life OF
adventure and Of training
No Real Famil'ars
II have read many biographies OF
Lincoln | have sought out with the
greatest interest the many intimate
stories that arc told OF hum, the nat
ratIveS OF nearby friends the sketches
AZ close quarters. IN which those who
had the privilege OF being associated
with him have tried 10 depict ior us
the very man himself in his habit as
he lived" hut | have nowhere found a
real intimate oi llncoln'S nowhere
get the impression N any narrative Or
rcmlnlsCcrCc that the writer had IN
TACT penetrated TO the heart ot his myS-
tcry, or that any man could penetrate
TO the heart OF It, That brooding spirit
| had no real iamlliars ! get the i'm
preston that IT never spoke out in com
plctc seli.reyelatlon. and that 1t coulc
not reveal itself completely to anyone
II was a very lonely spirit that looked
out from underneath those shaggl
| brows and comprehended men wlthou
fully communlng with them, as II, il
spite OF all IT'S genial efforts at com
radeshlp, 1t dwet apart, saw its yiSion'
Vt duty where no man looked or
Kep, Company With Invisible.
There is a very holy and very ter
rlble isolation ior the conscience }
every man who seeks 10 read the deS
tiny in affairs for others as we'll as 70
himself, for MARION as well as for in
dividuals, That privacy no man ca
intrude upon That lonely search q
the spirit for the right perhaps no ma
can assist This strange child OF tn
cabin kept company with inylSbl
things. was born into no intimacy hu
that OF rs own silently assembling all
deploy,ng thoughts
Il have come here TODAY. not to ute
a culopy on Lincoln, he stands m nee
OF none, hut to endeavor to in,crpt,
the meaning oi this gilt 10 the natlo
OF the place OF his birth and origin. |
not this an altar upon which we ma
forever keep alive the yestal fire ,
democracy as upon a shrine at whlc
some OF the deepest and most sacre
hopes OF mankind may from age to az
he reklndled For these hopes mu,
constantly be rekindled. and only thos
who live can rekindle them. The onl
stuff that can retain the lie giving hea
! is the stuff of living hearts And tn
hopes OF mankind cannot he kept aliy
nv words merely, by constitutions an
doctrines OF r,gh, and codes OF liber
y
Must Be Real Servants.
The obloc, OF democracy Is to tran,
mute these into the lie and action {
society. the self denial and sell ,acrii,
OF heroic men and women willing
, make their lives an embodiment
right and service and enlightened pu
pose The commands OF democracy a
as imperative as its privileges and oI
nottunl,ie~ are wide and generous |
/. compul'ion is upon MS II will be gre
and .llie great light Tor tho guidan
OF the nations only II We are great al
carry that light high for the gudan
OF our own feet We are moi wottl
: TO stand here unless We ourselves
IN deed and in truth real dcmocra
and servants OF mankind, ready to gi
our yer, lives ior the freedom and ~
9 tee and spiritual eNal,aton OF Il