The Colorado statesman., 1924-05-24

maid TO Harding and no tuster estimate made of
him than in President Coolidges Eulogy broad
casted to the nation President Coolidge began
his address with reference to Leigh Hunts poem'
"Abou Ben Adhem," in which an angel writes the
name of him who loves his fellow man at the head
of the list of "those who love the Lord. lie then
said, in part:
1t will be hard to find better picture than this
OF President Harding, the man we loved and mourn
He loved his fellow men, and because they felt 1t
example of readiness away the sword.
He sought for nations peace-the only true and
first and firm for his country. then for man
those who sensed the great truth of human brother
hood He led the way to the accomplishments of
ment
his life became, in the tragic sorrow of Its end,
a lesson In the value of simple, and modest ways.
We mourn him today, and we shall mourn him so
long as remembrance holds before the pictures
are rare virtues too seldom found the men
who have the strength to rise to high places.
We may well hope that his example his
countrymen and to the world may help to bring a
spirit OF charity, accord and true fraternity where
by shall be lighted the lamp of understanding to
show our feet into the paths of peace on earth.
good will to men.
Wilson's stubborn battle against death typl-
cal of his He a fighter who gave
up. He elected to go down with colors flying. The
undaunted spirit remained undlmmed to the end
and those last moments must have been fortified
by the conviction that his fight had not been in
vain. For he appealed to the conscience of the
world and that appeal is slowly bearing fruit Many
they who pronounce him the greatest parsonage
produced by the World War Let the man speak
for himsef-in his proclamation of dedication
read during the ceremonies at the dedication of
the majestic memorial amphtheater in the Ma
tional Cemetery at Arlington. 1t reads, in part
The dedication of the national memorial at Ar
Hngton closes and commits to history great
episode in the making of n nation. n
this national cemetery and elsewhere al o
the who fought out the constitutional ques-
ton, insouble by other processes, and the
government has set this great and beautiful build
Potomac and to view for all time the capital a
reunited nation.
Time thrown Its softenng influence
controversy. time has eliminated from our
memory the bitterness which that controversy
aroused, but time has only served to magnify the
heroic vaor of the captains and who fought
the great fight
AS the arose. united, 1t itself
with a great tradition. In these later days
tradition has nerved the OF millions of Ameri
called to vindicate upon foreign fields of
battle the principles of political liberty. They
diers the New world should. conscious of their
confident of the alike unselfsh
uncomfortable And 1 like think in their
hour triumph, unseen but potent, there stood be-
those who originally rescued America from the
political tyranny of the Old world and dedicated
kept free and just I attend the
ceremony this dedication, but my heart there
and my fellow countrymen everywhere Join
in recognition of the virtues which
the God nations that He has made 1t possible
us in this day show the world that America still
is baptized the spirit of the founders build