Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-11
COOlidge's Voice
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al week, was carried to the farther
most parts of the country. Excep-
tional facilities for broadcasting
were provided as all broadcasting
stations were requested by the De-
partment of Commerce to remain ST.
lent during the time Mr.. Coolidge
spoke. The president spoke as fol-
lows:
One of the brief poems that have
touched the hearts of men is that
wherein Leigh Hunt tells of the
visit of an angel to earth, record
ing the names of those who love the
Lord"
"And is my name there
may, not SO" replied the angel.
'Then write me down." he was
told, "as one who loves his
fellow men,"
The angel came again to show his
list of those who love the Lord.
"And lo!" the name of him who
loved his fellow men lied all the
rest"
1t will be hard to find a better
picture than this of President Hard
ing, the man we loved and mourn
He loved his fellow men, and because
they felt it and knew it, they loved
and trusted him. His whole life,
from the knee of that cherished
mother who had an inspired faith in
him, down to the day when a sor-
rowing world laid it's tributes at his
bier, was continuing testimony to
his devotion to them and to their
faith in him.
Some will say that such a sweet
and gentle nature could only have
found its setting and it's opportunity
in ,fR.nf 20,
time. Perhaps they are right Yet
he came to the worlds stage in an
hour when it seemed set for other
characters. The captains and the
kings, the armies and the navies, the
men who would have war, and the
men who would not have peace had
long dominated the scene. Where
among them could place be made,
could ear be found, for this kindly,
gentle, gracious soul?
Yet he found his place. He caught
the ear OF a war-tired world. He
called our country back to paths of
peace, and gladly it came He
beckoned the nations to come and
way to peace. He set example of
readiness to cast away the sword
from the arm of might. He sought
for men and nations a peace-the
only true and lasting peace-based
on justice and right. He stood
first and firm for his own country,
then for mankind. His sincerity and
frankness won to his side those who
sensed the great truth of human
brotherhood. SO he led the way to
the monumental accomplishments of
the Washington Conference on
Limitation of Armament.
The same simplicity and directness
marked his program in domestic af-
fairs. His was the steady, strong, in
spring hand of guidance and help
fulness 1t was never the mailed first
of compulsion. He knew that the
greatest need of the world was peace
with industry and production. He
asked for these. and with them for
thrift and the will to make good the
losses that had been inflicted in the
years of strife. He called his coun-
trymen to set an example of these
homely virtues. and they did. He
gave without remorse of his own
strength. down. to the tragic end. He
rose above misunderstanding and
Misrepresentation, but he was cur
iously incapable of hard feeling
toward those who were unfair with
him. In a time when the minds of
,ii"i'A liioi "SlC ptoIe W SelIe upon
hurried conclusions. he held back
and dared to take his time and
thought before deciding. He was
free from the pride of opinion, but
strong in the determination of con-
viction. He had that calm courage
which could not be over-presSed. but
that was firm and final when decision
had been reached.
He was criticised because his own
country under his leadership, did
not move forward so fast as some
wished. But when worn out by the
struggle he had so bravely borne. he
laid down the burden. his critics saw
clearly what his leadership had nc-