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hard feelings toward any citizen who
by his vote has differed with us. Let
us at all times remember that all
American citizens are brothers Of q
common country, and should dwell
together in the bonds OF fraternal
| feeling"
IN THE administering Of q mild
reprimand to young officer, who
had been court -martialed for a quar-
rel with one Of his associates, he said:
beware Of entrance to q quarrel.
but being in. bear 1t that the opposed
may beware Of thee!' is good but not
the best. Quarrel not at all. No
man resolved to make the most of
himself can spare time for personal
contention. Still less can he afford
to take all the consequences, includ-
ing the vitiating Of his temper and
the loss of Self-control. Yield larger
things to which you can show no
more equal right; and yield lesser ones
though clearly your own. Better give
your path to a dog than be bitten
by him in contesting for the right
Even killing the dog will not cure the
bite"
In referring to his campaign with
Stephen A. Douglas for Senator from
Illinois, in which he was defeated, he
wrote:
Il am glad made the late race. It
gave me hearing on the great and
durable question of the age, which
could have had in no other way; and
though ! now sink out OF view, and
shall be forgotten, I believe I have
made some marks which will tell for
the cause Of civil liberty long after
am gone"
His well-known Gettysburg address
and his second inaugural are today
regarded as classics.
Lincoln was fond OF music and old
airs and ballads, among which the
plaintive Scotch songs were best liked,
including Annie Laurie" Mary Of
Argyle" and Aud Robin Gray"
Twenty Years Ago he liked best Of
all others. His favprite poem was
20. Why Should the Spirit of Mortal
Be Proud" by William Knox, which
is, in part, as follows:
"Oh! Why should the spirit OF mortal
be proud?
Like swift fitting meteor, a fast
flying cloud.
The flash of the lightning, q break Of
the wave,
He passes from life to his rest in the
grave.
THE leaves of the oak and the willow
shall fade.
Be scattered around and together be
laid;
And the young and the old and the
low and the high
Shall molder to dust and together
shall lie
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THE hand Of the king that the scep-
ter hath borne,
The brow of the priest that the miter
hath worn,
The eye Of the sage and the heart Of
the brave
Are hidden and lost in the depths of
the grave.
"Tis the wink Of an eye, It's the
draught Of breath,
From the blossom of health to the
paleness of death,
From the gilded salon to the bier and
the shroud-
Oh. why should the spirit Of mortal
be proud?"
TN RECENT years the old toy shop
where Lincoln bought toys for Lit
tie Tad" was removed, but there are
still a number Of landmarks in WASH
ington associated with the life and
times Of the Civil War President. The
White House, in which he resided, and
the Capitol, in which he sat as q
Congressman. and where he was in
augurated upon two separate occa-
sions. are still about the same, as Is
the building in which he was shot
and the one in which he died.
The Anderson cottage in the Sol
diers' Home grounds and the spot
where he stood at the battle of Fort
Stevens are reminders Of a critical
period in his life. And erected to his
memory is the Emancipation Statue
in the eastern part of the city, and
the statue in front Of the court house
erected by the people Of the District
Of Columbia-is the first statue raised
to the martyred President after his
death.
There are other reminders of Lin
coin in Washington, but the greatest
and most inspiring Of all is the Lin
coin Memorial, designed by Henry
Bacon and where Is the marble statue
Of Daniel Chester French, back Of
which is inscribed:
"Tn this Temple
as in the Hearts Of the People
for Whom he Saved the Union
the Memory Of Abraham Lincoln
Is Enshrined Forever"
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