The Washington herald., 1921-03-06
WOODRO OW VII SON GOES INTO L
PRIVATE LIFE IN HIGH ESTEEM
FOR WORLD SERVICE RECORD
Editors Of Leading Papers Give Retiring Presi-
dent Lofty Place in History Of Day.

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ideals with him into the Presidency.
He has been true 10 these ideals as
he has conceived them, II he has
fallen short of the highest success
as Chief Executive. his failures
have been those Of method and pro-
cedure. rather than, Of hne purpose.
Not since Jefferson. perhaps. has
there been man In the White
House so: fmbued with tremendous
fervor for democracy. Not sincs
Jefferson. perhaps, has there been
one who. brought such wide-rang.
ing activities to more definite TO-.
Gus at the point of making demo-
cratic ideaIism effective in practical
freedom for individuals and the
mass. Surely not since Jefferson
has there been q President who has
undertaken to cut his way moro re-
lentlessly against the political and
economic conventionalities OF his
time. and not since jefferson has q
President lived to suffer such q
penalty for sticking to his IDEAL
istic purpose despite the trend Of
conventional opinion and sentiment.
Chicaso Post.
He came to us as President "a
strangely unknown man. He leaves
us with. a deeper understanding of
his spiritual qualities and his prac-
tical shortcomings, but with that
same quality of aloofness still bar
ring our real comprehension Of the
man himself. The country knew
Theodore Roosevelt far more init.
mately; IL knew Taft. and II knew
Mckinley. 1t feels today that 1t
knows the incoming President bet
ter than II knows the man who
steps out.
Though this is true, and though
II has been tragically true through
out both Wilson administrations, we
feel that there is toward him in
the hearts OF his fellow countrymen
kindlier feeling than he, himself
knows. 1t is a skindlier feeling tha n
the Presidential verdict against his
party would indicate.
st. Louis Globe Democrst.
Even IL the judgment of history
is failure. II will give Woodrow
Wilson credit for the qualities of
heart and mind that are the quail
ties of greatness, whatever may be
the defects that counterbalance
them. II will give him credit for
the valorous attempt he made to
bring the nations of the world into
| accord for the maintenance of
peace. It will cast aside the lesser
things that brought about his down
fall and that now MI our minds to
the observation of his chief ambi-
tion, and Wilson will stand out in
that long perspective as one who
sought at least to raise men higher.
which is true greatness. Whether
we like II or not, whether we like
him or not, the name of Woodrow
Wilson will fill a large place in the
records and in the thought of the
future, and the great thing he tried
to achieve will yet be accomplished
or the world will perish.
Buffalo Courier.
It is, however. not unlikely that
even in the near future and after
the passions and prejudices of the
hour have subsided II will come to
be recognized in the minds OF
thoughtful fair-minded citizens of
all parties that Woodrow Wilson
has already become a great figure In
history. 1t may be that even In this
generation the course of events will
bring about a world opinion that
he was the foremost figure in the
world war. and that he will have an
enduring place in the heart of hu-
manity.