The Colorado statesman., 1921-01-29

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which is from the beginning hangs the Worlo
of results and the result of thought and action
Eternal wisdom marshals the great procession vi
the nations working in patient continuity through
the ages, never halting and never abrupt encoin
passing all events in It's oversight and ever ehect
ing its will though nations may sumber 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 from an old hymn
which Lincoln so often quoted:
supreme in wisdom in power
Rock of Ages stands;
And dS1 trace eaOd the wv worising of His hands?
The great Memorial Monument to Lincoln has
1ust been completed 1t is a monument. as Ban
croft said it would be. to the dead and not
monument Of victory. In no way does 1t even
suggest anything but love for the vanquished Inc
South has gladly helped to pay for 1t and the
men and women in that section of the country
have watched it rise with increasing pride one
NAV well say that its completion marks the hnal
union of the North and the South-erases the
last remnants of hate or mistrust that had con-
tinued to find abiding place.
IT reflects the thought that ran through the
second inaugural address of Lincoln and was
summed ND in the peroratiOn of that address,:
"With malice toward none; with charity for
all with frmness 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
Incoming The date has not been fixed, but 1t
will be in early spring. 1t 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 memorial to Lin
colin should be he believed that 1t should be
comnosed of four events: statue OF the man,
memorial of his Gettysburg speech. memorial
of his second inaugural address, and the SYMBOL
of the union of the United States, which Lincoln
said II was his paramount object to save-and
which he did save. This idea has been strictly
carried ont Each feature Is related to the
other by means of its design and position, and
each is SO arranged that 1t becomes an integral
mart of the whole, in order to attain unity ana
,simplicity in the appearance OF the monument
Eacb feature impresses the beholder with Its
greatest force and by means of Isolation this is
accomplished though this Isolation was not
MANNED to the extent of impairng 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. "a .h
each of the smaller halls opening Off OF the
center space contains memoriai-one OIL the
second inaugural address, and the other OF the
gettysburg address. These speeches are
shown in incised letters on m~ohuhenlai ~
80. ond adjacent low reefs, decorations
relate in aegory Lincolns great qualities evident
in those speeches. While these memorials can
be seen from any part of the hall they are par
tially screened from the central portoh whe,e
+bo 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 tal tnese
have q far greater meaning to the citizens OF the
Tinted States and visitors from other countries
than a portrayal of periods Of events by means
=. sorat,on In this connection, however. he
.s =. rt TIC view that some reliefs and deco