The Raymer enterprise., 1921-02-03

men Is as certain as any trun VI
physical science. On the great moving power
which is from the beginning hangs the world
of results and the result Of thought and action
Eternal wisdom marshals the great procession OF
the nations, working In patient continuity through
the ages. never hating and never abrupt, encom
passing all events In Its oversight, and ever effect
Ing Its will though nations may slumber In apathy
or oppose with madness"
1--WE build monuments to the dead, but no monu
ments Of victory"
Preserved In the Congressional Library with
these quotations is the verse from an old hymn
which Lincoln so often quoted:
Supreme in wisdom and in power
The Rock Of Ages stands;
Canst thou not search His mind
And trace the working Of His handsr'
The great Memorial Monument to Lincoln has
just been completed. It Is a monument, as Ban
croft said 1t would be. to the dead and not a
monument Of victory. In no way does 1t even
suggest anything but love for the vanquished. The
South has gladly helped to pay for It and the
men and women In that section Of the country
have watched It rise with increasing pride. One
may well say that its completion marks the final
union of the North and the South-erases the
last remnants Of hate or mistrust that had con-
tinued to find an abiding place.
1t reflects the thought that ran through the
second inaugural address of Lincoln and was
summed up In the peroratlon Of that address:
with malice toward none; with charity for
all with firmness in the right as God gives us to
see the right, let US strive on to finish the work
we are In. to bind up the nations wounds, to
care for him who shall have borne the battle, and
for his widow and his orphan-to do all which
may achieve and cherish just and lasting peace
among ourselves and with all nations"
The nation will dedicate this monument when
the cherry trees in the park surrounding It are
blooming The date has not been fixed, but It
will be In early spring. It will undoubtedly be
one Of the notable events In the history Of the
nations capital
Plan Of Memorial.
Henry Bacon, architect Of New York city, who
designed the memorial, says that from the be-
ginning Of his study Of what q memorial to Lin
coin should be he believed that It should be
composed Of four events: statue Of the man,
memorial Of his Gettysburg speech, a memorial
Of his second inaugural address. and the symbol
Of the union Of the United States, which Lincoln
said It was bis paramount object to save-and
which he did save. This idea has been strictly
carried out. Each feature Is related to the
other by means Of Its design and position, and
each is so arranged that It becomes an integral
part VI the WuUlc, III OEUcT 10 Httdlu unity anu
simplicity In the appearance Of the monument
Each feature impresses the beholder with its
greatest force and by means Of isolation this Is
accomplished. though this isolation was not
planned to the extent Of impairing the relation
Of each feature to the others.
The most important object Is the statue Of
Lincoln. which Is placed In the center Of the
memorial. This position Of the memorial where
the statue Is placed Is not occupied by any other
object that might detract from Its effectiveness
and the visitor finds himself alone with the
statue.
Each of the smaller halls opening of Of the
center space contains a memorial-one Of the
second inaugural address. and the other Of the
Gettysburg address. These speeches are
shown In incised letters on n monumental
tablet and adjacent low relIefs, or decorations
relate in allegory Lincolns great qualities evident
In those speeches. While these memorials can
be seen from any part of the hall they are par
TALLY screened from the central portion where
the statue Is placed by means Of row Of Ionic
columns giving a certain isolation to the space
they occupy and augmentIng thereby their i'm
portance. Architect Bacon believes that these
two great speeches made by Lincoln Will always
have a fur greater meaning to the citizens Of the
United States and visitors from other countries
than q portrayal Of periods Of events by means
Of decoration. In this connection, however, he
carried out the view that some reliefs and deco