The Connecticut labor news., 1925-01-24

into the pathway or strength ana outy, to turn the tears of grief into the swelling tide of joy, to bring sunlight out of darkness-is there more noble aim for man to struggle ot attain?
 Ambition spurred him, a noble, urf- selfish ambition to give and give of self in the service of humanity. That which was paramount in his life was duty, service When duty called no other consideration weighed; to service he consecrated his devotion, his love.
 Kindliness, charity faith, friendli- ness, love, hope, cheer, belief, these he gave in unstinted measure to all sup plicants at the wide-open door of his heart
 He was neither awed by position nor coerced by rank. He bowed to no man for place or power; he was unfettered by pledge rpromise. That for forty years the men and women of labor should have placed and replaced the scepter in his hands was but the recognition of his helfess, burning de- 1 service, the demonstrated wisdom of his leadership, the established incor- ruptibility of his character.
 | He had no personal ends to serve. He cared not whether his was the popular cause, whether his was the smooth and pleasant road. Reckless of consequences to himself, with blaz- ing, fearless zeal he threw into the battle for right and justice the full power of his keen mind, the concen- trated force of his trained intelligence, the strength of his profound knowledge of human nature. l He had "the courage which inspires man to do his duty, to hold fast his integrity to maintain conscience void of offense at every hazard, every sac rifce, in defiance of the world" He was hated, feared, loved, reverenced, denounced, applauded, condemned, but neither the howlings of the mob nor the paeans of the multitude could swerve him from his high and lofty ideals. There was no sordid stain "on the mountain peak of his integrity" Faithful to his friends, just to his ene- mics, he was fair to all mankind. His lips knew we'll the unquenching bitterness of the waters of Marah; the stones up Calvary's toilsome way had marked his tired steps; yet his soul lost not its undaunted courage, his heart kept ever bubbling its spring of hope, thet eyes of his faihth looked away and above and visioned the radi- ance of future whose splendor un- dimmed glowed through rfre illimitable distance
 His soud was free. He was un- lshackled by creed or dogma. To make today better than yesterday, to make tomorrow better than today, was to him devout religious belief.
 He worshipped at no temple save the great, unwalled, undomed temple of freedom; for freedom was his ideal, the uutima thule of all his struggles that freedom which waits upon the altar of truth and justice.
 Liberty was his passion, justice his devotion, humanity his love.
 A man of dreams and visions, of fire and passion, he was yet the epitome of practical action and achievement. Strongly magnetic, overhowing with wise and understanding sympathy and love that are wholly divorced from maudlin sentiment, without conscious effort he drew men to him and held them in bonds of strong and unchang- ing friendship. He inspired devoted love and commanded unsought that unquestioning loyalty for which kings and rulers have sighed in vain and for which their kingdoms treasures were guerdon small Samuel Gompers was no misan- thrope, no wailing Jeremiah. He loved 1 life because he understood life and was in attune with its ecstacies and tears, with its thrills and pangs, it's roses and thorns,i ts sunshine and shadow, it's crosses and crowns, its Golgethas and Pisgahs
 | He loved his fellowmen In his heart malice found no place. He forgave his enernies-and forgot them. The complexities of his many-sided nature harbored naught of hatred or revenge There was too much to be done in the short span of one life to squander golden hours in the uselessness of hatred. He might loathe, abhor, the words, the policies, the deeds of others; he might express just resentment and indignation because of those who ma ligned and vilifed him, who ascribed to him base, dishonorable motives, but never did he seek reprisa1. Revenge was not for him. He firmly believed .l.a* 4...4l. ..a:I=i,4<= a.,i ...:i <>s=a=-.:l