South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-13
ANOTHER LINCOLN

A man VIII, lives in Massachusetts, IS ped
ding. to those who will buy his photograph and life
story. His sole excuse L. that he is a living dupl
cate in physical appearance OF Abraham Lincoln
II you believe his story. he discovered years
ago that he bore marked resemblance 10 the Great
Emancipator and las spent his time since in per-
fecting the mannerisns in accentuating the little
pecularites until he amazes the sculptors by
the strong similarity.
Can you imagine a greater confession OF failure
than this plea for money for the story Of such
an achievement?
Can you imagine any greater error than 20 as
cribe any importance whatever TO the heighth, the
nominees, the drawl OF the who will be for
ever loved and reverenced where men are free and
where democracy Is cherished?
Had Lincoln been short, fat pudgy individual
and accomplished the things he did. spoken the
words he did, held to the ideals he had he would
be as greatly reverenced.
This man has tried TO duplicate the only unim-
/ ortant thing about Lincoln-and is proud OF it.
Tbs man has spent a life time in reproducing the
shell and forgotten the kernel within
To- has given his days TO produce
effect. not result; to trying TO look like
else instead OF trying to be himself on a Lincoln
pattern and ideal
There are a lot Of foolish people in the world
who waste their brains and their time in trying
to appear to the eye like famous parsonage.
There are girls who sigh and weep before a mir
ror in a vain effort be a Pickford, which is not
so foolish because beauty is important There
society women who turn their thoughts TO trans
forming themselves into living pictures and
gone favorites reigning duchesses There
who pull lock OF hair their foreheads
IT order TO make others believe that they resemble
Napoleon
Lincoln lives in the hearts Of men because he
stood for the abolition of human slavery and pos
sessed a heart that loved his fellow men so well
that he championed the cause of human equality
and brotherhood.
Lincoln stands as the ideal because he had the
ambition to improve his mind. His pine-knot stud
les. his long and arduous hours Of application
unwavering and unfaltering courage in the face Of
obstacles. furnishes example to youth for all
time
What might this who tries to sell his
resemblance Of face and figure, have accomplished
had ne turned his mind to the methods which Lin
coin followed and dreamed his own great dream Of
further victory and accomplishment?
What might the hours he spent in practicing a
crawl have surrendered to the use of man had
he tried to discover some other great human wrong
and set about to right it?
What could ne have done, had he told him
self that under the steady glow of the electric light
he would reach heighth of development much
than that attained by Lincoln as its rays
shine the Pickering pine knot in the log cabin?
And while you are laughing at this man as poor
conceited foolish fellow, you might ask yourself
how much time you spend in trying to copy the un-
essential and important and how much you might
help yourself II you forgot these things tried
10 be yourself in heart and purpose or TO emulate
the character and qualities of the great which out
last the grave.