The Arvada enterprise., 1923-02-08

Lincoln, who came to Massachusetts from Eng
land In 1887. And the LincOlns were II sturdy fam.
lily. There was NAL Gen. Benjamin Lincoln QI33
1S1O). who received Lord Corvallis sword In
surrender at Yorktown. Enoch Lincoln 17SS
1920 was governor of Maine 1929 Levi Lin
coin Q74alS2O) was United States attorney gen.
eral 1sOl5. Another Levi Lincoln u7s2 1869 was
governor of Massachusetts 1S25-34 and member Of
congress 1S35-41.
Abraham Encolns immediate ancestors chose
to so pioneering. New England was too settled
for them. They were Of the type of American pio-
neer who moved on as soon as he saw neIghbor's
smoke or heard his dog bark. In the depths Of the
wilderness, working westward. they became
what the world calls poor and obscure. II SHOULD
he remembered. however. that poverty and OBJ
scurty are one thing In the city and entirely
different thing in the wilderness. pioneer with
rife md ax roof over his head and u crop in
the ground Is neither poor nor obscure.
Lincoln cathedral Is one Of the finest In Eng
land. 1t was In process Of erection from 1918 to
1901 II Is Of early English architecture and IL
524 by 81 feet with matchless central tower 271
feet high The cathcdrnrs famous bell. "Grea,
Tom OF Lincoln" weighs nbout 5Ia tons. The north
gate of Lindum COlOnia still stands and is the only
Roman gate In Britain still In use. Not far away
is Boston. the mother Of our Boston.
What Lincoln and Lncoln's birthday mean to
the Englisi-speaking nations of earth cannot he
better said than was said by Elihu Root Mt the
presentation of the Snint.(;auders statue Of Lin.
coin. the gift Of America TO the British people lie
said. among other things:
PUT aside superficial difference accidental and
unlmportant. and Abraham Lincoln appears In the
simple greatness OF his life mis- character and his
service to mankind. II representative Of the deer
and underlying qualities Of his rnce-the GunlItJe,
that great emergencies reveal. unchnngingly .hs
same In every continent: the qualities to which
Britain owed her life In the terrible years OF the
last decade: the qualities that have made both
Britain and America great. lie was OF English
blood. and he has brought enduring honor to the
name. Every child OF English sIres should learn
the story and think with pride. OF such stun an
this English made
"He WINS imbued with the conceptions Of iustIce
and liberty that the people Of Britain had heen
working out In struggle md sacrifice since before
Magma Charta-the conceptions for which Chatham
and Burke and Franklin and Washington stood IN.
gether. n century md n half ago. when the bnttle
for British liberty fought and won for Brtain
as well NJ for America the other side of the
Atlantic. These conceptions Of justice ard iibertv
have been the formative power that has brought ai
America. from the Atlantic to the Pacific to orie,
Its life according to the course Of the common
aw.t assert ito popular sovereignty through rer.
resentatve Eovernment-Britaln'a grea: Rift n ths
political science OF the worid-and to estabtish ths
relation Of individual citizenship 10 the state. ON
the bnsif of lnalienable rights which governments
established to secure II Il the identity Of tiesa
fundamental conceptions In both countries vhicS
makes II impossible that ia any great world
emergency Britain and America can be on oppoe.
Ing sideS These conceptions Of Justice and hert,
are the breath Of life for both"