The Dolores star., 1924-05-23

paid to Harding and no iuster estimate made OF
him than in President Coodge's Eulogy broad.
rasted TO the nation. President Coolidge began
MS 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
nj III" list Of those who love the Lord" He then
said, in part:
It will be hard to find better picture than this
OF President Harding. the man loved and mourn
and knew 1T, they loved and trusted him. He
He sought for nations peace-the only true and
ihstlhs peace-based on justice and right He stood
kind. His sincerity and frankness his
those who sensed the great truth of human brother
nooG ne led the way to the accomplishments of
me washington conference on Limitation OF arma-
mem
his life became. in the tragic of its end.
a lesson in the value of simple. and modest ways
We mourn him today. and we shall mourn him 30
OF his patience faith and Christian tolerance These
are rare virtues too seldom found among the men
VINO nave the strength to rise to high places.
We may well hope that his example to his own
countrymen and to the world may help to bring a
spirit OF charity accord and true fraternity where
snow our feet into the paths OF peace on earth
good will to
Wilson's stubborn battle against death was typi-
cal OF his career. He was fighter who never gave
up he elected to go down with coors flying The
undaunted spirit remained undimmed to the end
ana 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
are they who pronounce him the greatest 90
produced by the World War. Let the man sneak
Tor himself-in his proclamation of dedIcotion
read during the ceremonies Mt the dedication NJ
'he majestic memorial Amphitheater in the Nm
uohai cemetery at Arlington II reads, In mart .
The dedication of the national memorial n, A.,
Hhetoh closes and commits history n ura,t
episode in the making a nation C,atb.ras ~
IN. ils NATIONAL cemetery and elsewhere are most of
the men who fought out the constitutInnai nn..
uoh' ihsolupie by other processes, and now the
government has set this great and beautif,I hrId
ing to stand like n sentinel on the banks ~ ~
Fotom"c ana to view for all time the ca nitai ~, n
reunited nation. ~ N1'''"i VI II
Time has thrown Its softenine Influence o,.,
the controversy, time has eliminated from M,
memory the bitterness which that controyersy
aroused nut time has only served to magnify m.
heroic valor of the captains and men who foush,
the fight. '"' ioush'
AS the nation arose. united It found itsef
WIN a great tradition. In these later days tba,
uauition mas nerved the arms of millions of Ameri.
cans called upon to vndicate upon foreign onIds =,
lNed among our allies faced the foo nc al
oers from the New world should conscious of thei,
strength conhdent of the cause, alike unsel6sb IN a
uhcohpuerable. And like to think that in tbei,
side them the spirit of the great dead the sn,ri, q,
those who originally America frnro e..
political tyranny of the Old world and dedio. ia
anu kept her tree and just. / cannot attend ~
ana wlth my fellow countrymen everywhere 7 ioir
IN grateful recognition the virtues vbio,, ~
memorial commentaries and in reverent tb,nLs =,
the GOO OF nations that He has made IL possvla ,,.
Is baptized in the spirit of the founders and Mill
ers ~ "'iio-