The Washington times., 1927-02-12

One hundred and sixteen years ago. in 1909 there was
wonderful crop Of babies this earth There the baby
Darwn-he convinced hundreds of millions that all naked
human babies descend from hairy babies and important
he discouraged some superstitons
There was Chopin dreamy, musical, DIFFERENT sort Of
genius Tennyson who wrote poetry Gladstone Of the many
political fights Poe the creepy writer Edward Fitzgerald
who put the Rubaiyat into English than the tent
LINCOLN.
Afne lot of babies there but best babies Of the lot may
be st unknown the world The biggest of men, those that
bring absolutely new and ideas to this earth are
often not recognized until centuries pass Read the life Of
Lincoln viii stand out for many years to come as the
GREAT baby born in the Of the great baby crOphe
greatest and best.
articles Lincoln, written by William II. Taft appeared
rome years ago in the Cosmopolitan Magazine.
What Mr. Taft said of Lincoln especially interesting
Mr. Taft filled the office in which Lincoln found honor
glory and DEATH and is now Chief Justice Of Supreme
M Taft saws truly Of Lincoln: ''As STUDY HIM IN
HIS DEVELOPMENT AND THE POSITION TO WHICH
HE ATTAINED, THERE Is MORE INSPIRATION FOR
HEROISM AND USEFULNESS TO THE COUNTRY THAN
IN THE LIFE OF ANY OTHER MAN IN HISTORY"
Lincoln is NEAR u.s. and with all his superiority LIKE
U.s. he the clothes used the language almost talked
the slang familiar to u.s. He died for that is still
fresh In our memories Even feeble imagination can see
him quite distinctly tall quiet grave and worried walking
about the streets head down. carrying the heavy load Of
nations responsibility the responsibility OF NATION OF
Lincoln is especially valuable to men, BOYS women and
girls Of today, because he so MUCH LIKE THE AVER
"A Specla
opportunity.
was poor his father and mother poor and their
people were poor before them.
he struggled for little learning, got much Of it.
But HE USED WELL WHAT HE GOT. he was Free at
least from the Of false education and false standards
Everything that he achieved much gained He started
out despsng NOTHING. That great thing to begin
with He wasn't asking whether anything good enough
FOR ABE LINCOLN. His thought whether Abe
Eincon good for ANYTHING
When he got chance to split rails that to him honor
able desirable work When he got chance to work his way
down the Mississippi that glorious chance travel and
the world he thought Of hardship he didn't wonder
why he wasn't in Pullman riding fast motor
boat He felt that he lucky to be going at athat is
one reason for his going far in the end.
One fact about Lincoln encourages all trying
honest work. and Mr.. Taft, in his Cosmopolitan Magazine
article emphasized that fact.
LINCOLN ENCOURAGES ALL OF THE MEN WHO EN-
DURE ABUSE IN THE EFFORT TO BE USEFUL. HIS
LIFE. DEATH. AND COURAGE MAKE TT IMPOSSIBLE
TOR ANY MAN TO OFFER ANY EXCUSE FOR GIVING
UP MERELY ON ACCOUNT OF HARSH OPINIONS AND
UNJUST ATTACKS.
Mr. Taft says
THE CRITICISM AND ABUSE 70 WHICH HE WAS
SUBJECTED IN THE CRISES OF THE CIVIL WAR ONE
rs ASHAMED TO REVIEW AS "A MATTER OF HIS
TORY. AND YET 1T IS OF THE UTMOST VALUE IN
THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF OTHERS THAT THEY
MAJ NOT BE BORNE DOWN BY THE WEIGHT OF
HOSTILE AND PERSISTENT CRITICISM.
Certainly Mr. Taft other good workers can find in the
6arer of Lincoln comfort and consolation No could
possibly serve the country nOb efficiently than