The Holly chieftain., 1924-02-07


DENTAL purpose which permits such light to shine
now and then upon generation of men. We
know not whence come such great souls, such
simple wisdom, such capacity for sacrifice and
service But we do know that men cOntem-
plate this strange career and study Its wonders
and Its lessons they at least planting in their
minds and hearts certain vague realization of
what Lincoln was and meant "a consciousness of
his personal significance to them; and with all
this keen aspiration for some little participation
In such bestowal Of seIflessness, sacrifice and
service as was the life of Lincoln. That aspira-
tion, firmly believe. Is fixed in greater number
of human hearts today than 1t before.
1t may be somewhat vague and uniformed yet we
readily recognize that 1t represents something
like the aspirations of a for a new incarna-
tion of the spirit and the leadership Of Lincoln"
David Lloyd George, wartime premier of Great
Britain, last fall laid wreath on the catafalque
In the Lincoln tomb at Springfield. Later he, with
his daughter. stood with barred head In front of
the Gettysburg Speech memorial Gettysburg
battlefield. And these are Of the things he
said in public address:
There have been great men whose lives con-
stltute part of the history of the world; there
are a few whose lives have become part of the
legends of humanity. These the greatest, and
Lncolns name will ever remain conspicuous
amongst these. His fame is wider today than 1t
at the date of his death md it is still widen
ing. His influence is deeper and 1t is still deep
ening.
"He was one of those men whom you do
not associate with any particular creed, party or
country. He belongs to the human race in
every cline, land and age.
There are the great men of a party, or Of a
creed. There are great men of their time, and
there great men Of all time for their own ma
tive land. but Lincoln n great man '3 all time
for all parties and for all lands.
His example and his wise sayings the in
heritance of mankind and will be quoted and used
to save it from its follies to the end of ages.
"rhe lessons of his craftsmanship are as ap-
plicable today as they were sixty years ago. They
will be as applicable thousand years hence IS
they are today Being dead he still speaks his
message of moment for this present hour
Lincoln is the finest product in the realm of
craftsmanship of the Christian civilization, and
the wise counsel he gave to his own people in the
day of this triumph he also gives today to the peo-
pie of Europe in the hour of their victory the
forces that 'menaced their liberties"
I No monument can honor Abraham Lincoln
though loving hearts and reverent hands have
raised many memorial. But the American peo-
Pile have honored themselves in the Lincoln Me.
mortal at Washington. See that white marble
shrine at night in the beam of n millioncandle-
power searchght-and come away better Amerl-
can
Should you chance to be in the Hotel Savoy in
London you will of course visit the new Lincoln
ROOM There you will the original of the bust
here pictured 1t presented last year by T.
2. (Tay Pay) o'Connor in celebration of his sew.
enty-ffth birthday. The bust calls to mind Doug
las Malloch's fine lines
II I should carve Lincoln, wo;ld take
No spow-white marble but rugged rock,
One the frosts of winter could not break,
That had wthstood the oceans laundering shock
Some solid rock amid. the shifting sands
Unmoved by storm, unoltered by the wnve
Some granite giant that forever stands
TO mark the harbor. with light to save.