The Dolores star., 1924-02-08
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wel-ngh nothing concerning the supreme provi-
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 as men contem-
plate this strange career and study Its wonders
ana Its lessons they at least planting In their
minds and hearts certain vague realization of
what Lincoln and meant; n consciousness of
his personal Significance to them; and with nil
this keen aspiration for some little participation
in such bestowal of seflessness, sacrifice and
service the life of Lincoln That aspra-
tion. firmly believe Is fixed in a greater number
or human hearts today than it ever was before
1t may be somewhat vague and Uniformed yet we
rendily recognize that 1t represents something
IKE the aspirations of race for n new ncarna-
tion OF the spirit and the leadership of Lincoln"
David Lloyd George. wartime premier OF Great
Britain last fall laid n wreath on the cutafaque
in the Lincoln tomb ut Springfield. Later he with
his daughter. stood with barred head In front of
the Gettysburg Speech memorial Gettysburg
battlefield. And these of the things he
said in public address
There have been great men whose lives con.
stitute pnrt of the history of the world there
are few whose lives have become part of the
legends of humanity. These the greatest and
Lincons name will remain conspicuous
amongst these. His fame is wider today than it
at the date of his death and it Is still widen
ing. His influence is deeper and it is still deep
enng.
"He of those men whom you do
not associate with any particular creed party or
country. He belongs the human race in
every cline, land and age.
There the great men of a party or of a
creed. There great of their time and
there are great men of all time for their own ma
tive land, but Lincoln was a great man of all time
for all parties and for all lands.
His example and his wise sayings are the in
heritance of mankind and will be quoted ana used
to save it from its follies to the end of ages
'"The lessons of his craftsmanship are as an.
Dlicable today as they We're sixty years ago They
will be applicable thousand years hence rs
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 over the
forces that menaced their liberties"
No monument honor Abraham Lincoln
though loving hearts and reverent hands have
raised many memorial But the American peo.
pie have honOred themselves in the Lincoln Me-
mortal at Washington. See that white marble
shrine at night in the beam of a million-cand
power searchight-and come away better Amerl.
cam
Should you chance to be In the Hotel SAVOY IN
London, you will of course visit the new IincoIn
rOom There you will see the original OF the bust
here pictured 1t was presented Inst year by T.
p. (Tay Pay) O'Connor in celebration of his sew
enty-ffth birthday. The bust calls to mind Doug
las Malloch's fine lines:
II should a Lincoln. I would take
No snow white marble, but a rugged rock
One that the frosts of winter could not break
That had wthstood the oceans laundering shock
Some solid rock amid the shifting sands
Unmoved by storm, unaltered by the wave
Some granite giant that forever Itands
To mark the harbor. with . light to save