Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-02-05

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1W~ Lincoln's birthday with increasing
49, WN feryor. It is true in one sense,
MW w \ that no new thing can be said of
NJ Abraham Lincoln. 1t is two gen.
erations since it was said over his
deathbed, "NOW he belongs to the
ages AS has been well said in
the National House Of Representatives:
There is no new thing to be said OF Lincoln.
There is thing to be said of the mountains,
Or q the sea- Of q the stars The years go their
lite shoulders above the drifting clouds, and the
same mysterious sea beats UPON the shore and
the same silent stars keep holy Vigil above tired
world. But to mountain and and star
turn forever in unwearied homage And thus
with Lincoln, for he mountain in grandeur Of
spirit; he was sea in under voice Of mystic loneli-
ness; he was star in steadfast purity of purpose
and Of service. And he, too, abides. The years
their way, but with the name Of Lincoln child
hood still earss to voice patriots devotion, and
with the name of Lincoln tears called from old
mems eyes, and there is no new thing to be said
Of him. But while the republic endures, upon
while liberty is cherished while civic virtue and
service and sacrifice are honored in the earth, the
name of Lincoln will be spoken in undying love by
the sons of
But from another viewpoint is it not true For
between celebrations of that birthday all the world
Is studying Lincoln, filing in details Of his life and
career, making new estimates Of his character,
writing books on him, searching for relics of him,
telling the familiar stories that he told and hailng
new ones, listening to aged men who knew him,
increasing it's appreciation of him.
Verify, of Lincolnana there is no end. And this
is as it should be. For the world never saw
greater man than Abraham Lincoln No man ever
deserved better of his country America rejoices
In him as a man entirely American. But the world
has long since taken him to its heart as an orna-
ment to the human race. Though for many year
the great Of earth have laid wreaths on his sar-
cophagus, he is living personality in the minds
of men. And anything about him is received
with eagerness For his principles are acknowl-
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mocracy safely be based There is nothing
more important, therefore, than to know what
kind of man he was.
One new thing at least is this There has be-
gun pilgrimage by Young America to that most
sacred Of all the many Lincoln Shrines, his home
at Springfield and the tomb where rests his sacred
clay In the closing days Of last year 1850 school
children from % towns in southwestern Iowa and
northwestern Missouri united in a pilgrimage to
Springfield and laid wreath on his sarcophagus.
Next boy scouts from Chicago made this Pilgrim
age This year will see many such pgrimages by
young crusaders for national welfare, eager to
gain vision and strength from actual contact with
these Lincoln Shrines.
Yes; there are many Lincoln Shrines. The most
magnifeent-and the world holds no finer memori-
al to man--is the Lincoln Memorial at Washington.
The striking photograph reproduced herewith is
taken from the portco Of this Washington memoir
al In the distance is the Washington monument.
Thus the enc photograph shows both the memorial
to the "Father Of His Country and the memorial
to the Savior Of His Country" @
Who was the greater, Washington or Lincoln?
The world has ceased to debate the much-vexed
question. Washington led the Colonial Armies TO
victory in the Revolution helped to write the Con-
stitution and was our first President. 1t is enough
to say that all which Washington had fought Tor
and gained was in imminent danger of destruc-
ton when Lincoln was called by his country to de-
fend them-and successfully defended them
Is the nation to own the Oldroyd collection OF
1000 Lincoln relics shown herewith in part in one
of the rooms of the historic house in which Lin