The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-11
WARREN HARDING,
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(Continued From Page One.) san pressure was brought to bear to induce him to break it, or to avoid the logical consequence of 1t. Devoid Of Arrogance.
 AS senator and President, he was singClarly devoid of arrogance the vice of little men dressed in a little brief authority.
 Some of the friends whom he loved best and trusted most were neither of his own party or his own section. In his friendships he was pronounced and loyal. Perhaps he stood by some friends whom he had grappled to his soul with hooks of steel, too long, in the opinion of many, but this, in my poor opinion, is bet ter than deserting them officially too soon or perhaps personally ever.
 He was not of that mold which weigh ancient royalties and benefits. After all to be man is the great thing. To live a man so that when you die you die as a man, is the chief thing.
 Office, rank, distinction are but the guinea's stap,-'a mans a man for a that and for a that
 The mans individual character himself as known to God, and not his
 
 which only he must finally meet God and the>>mighty dead,
 Mentions Mrs. Harding.
 Those who will miss us most, after all, are those of our own house. hold who love us best. May God f tighten the effect of the sudden blow to his household, especially to his poor wife. She, I dare say, thinks no more of him now as President, as the foremost official of the foremost nation, of the foremost race on earth, however much sthat thought naturally and properly thrilled her with pride when he still lived. She thinks of him now only as her hus band and living mate, who was with her but yesterday and is gone from her today.
 Thus must all of us, Gods poor living men and women, loving and beloved, hoping and dreading and striving and despairing creatures, think of their departed dear one, comprehending little, hoping much, trusting in Gods mercy for them and for our sad selves, because it is He who has made us, not we ourselves.'
 Happily the lowest of us are not beneath. and the highest of us Is not above that mercy and that love when death comes to teach it's deep lesson
  of the equality of the fixed and final exit of us all
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 Presidents Power.
 MT. Williams, with the apparent intention of stressing the importance of the presidency of the republic, devoted a part of his address to review of the progress made by the English speaking people, which he termed a great composite race. and their success in obtaining and main ta!ning liberty. The greatest Of the six commt nwealths of these peoples Is the United States, he asserted. He declared the President, or chief mag istrate of this country, Is merely it's presiding magistrate, but his power in peace equals and In war exceeds that of the head of any civilized na- tion.'
 His death Is, therefore. the most important public event that can hap pen for our people, and one of the mo st important for the world which can happen in any individuals his tory" he added.
 Of the 29 Presidents before MT. Coolidge. he said there were "scarcely a half dozen of the intel lectually great of the earth, but if a desire to serve faithfully. and if hon. esty of purpose and conduct in per- forming a great trust be a test of greatness, they all might have been called great.
 Warren Gamaliel Harding was by no means least in their august com pany."