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HAIU JBcatAO... ...... .32 Hue Louie la arand 8UBSCMPT10N TE1WS Br carrier. Diitr O.nlt, alx cents. Br malli poatpatd SUtilda of Philadelphia, except where foreign postage U required, Dur.T Only, one month, twtntr.flre cents) SiiLr Oivr, one year, three dollars. All mall iub sorlptlons payable In advance. SCIX, 8000 WALNUT K.ETSTONE, MAIN 8000 Sjer jlidmi nil communication to Evintng ttotr, independence Smart, rhttadelpMa. li " :, sireratD at ina rmuotLrnu. rosTomoa la swoxs- OLiss lull, mattes, t ' 1 PHILADELPHIA, miDAT, FEDIHJAnY 13, 1918. Hake yourself hard to satisfy, and satisfying other people will oe easy. Sacrifice in Lincoln's Memory TVTO BETTER day ooula have been chosen ! for calling upon the people to moko a acriflco for tho benefit of the poor than this sumlvcrsary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln knew poverty. He was born In a ltome M poor and squalid as tho poorest In this city. There to even a tradition, not sub stantiated, that the house -where he first saw the light was an open shed with a single room. At beat It was & poor cabin. But In It ft, Man was born, with a risVm olear enough to see through the circumstantial habili ments of society to tho very coro of things. Ho had 'traversed the hard road from tho Kentucky cabin to the White House and he Siad talked with all whom he had overtaken en the way, and found that they were mon of like frailties and like ambitions with him self. No one could fool him, for he knew. So when the great crisis came, he swept aside all superficialities and pierced to the heart of tho problem. "Wealth, ancestry, political pres tige meant nothing- to him when he sought a man to assist him. And the man who could make good was always welcomed, whether ho was a tanner or a landed pro prietor. Beside the great task of saving: the Union he was confronted by the still greater task of remembering that those who were helping him were also mon and not mere pawns. When a soldier was sentenoed the death In the Interest of discipline, he saw, not the mili tary regulations, but a weak boy, overcome by tho terrors of war, and a heartbroken mother, back home, with long years of grief before her. He was weak? No, he was strong, when, with the benign mercy of an all-wlso judge, he let the boy go. Who shall sit In Judgment today on the hungering thousands here? Who shall say "If they had been prudent. as I have been, they would have no need of help now"? Certainly so man, and no woman, who has ay appreciation of the spirit of Lincoln will be so hard and Inhuman. The unemployed are In need. Their inno berrt children are dependent on your bounty for their food and clothing, and. In some eases, even for a roof ever their heads. Therefore, give, and give generously. In the Jjamo of your oomman humanity! Give, In the name of Abraham Lincoln, who, Ba hit tiblldhood, waa as needy as any of the Mutbig children now crying for food. And tt yoa cannot give, for either of these 1 Mesons, gtvo for the sake of your own little A114. that he or she may retain the beautiful faith In your goodness, whioh on many an occasion before haa prevented you from being false to what you knew to be right. Who knows what Lincoln your gift mfey. preserve to give himself to his country In is. great crisis of the coming years? The Ili&ht "Way to Do It THH Iitberty Bell waa sent across the con tinent yesterday In the right way, when Its reverberations, In response to a blow Btruols by Chief Ball, of the Bureau of City Property, were transmitted by telephone to the Mayor of San Francisco. A record of the sounds waa taken on a gramophone, and the dtsca will be put In the machines on exhibi tion at the Panama-Paciflo Fair, and wher ever else they can be used. Thus', In a literal sense, the tones of the old bell will be heard throughout the world, as Its spiritual mes sage of liberty thrilled the two hemispheres in 1776. Indeed, the cost of a continuous telephone connection between the bell and the Panama Fair would not be much more than the cost of a Junketing committee to escort It there and back. And the wonder of hearing it aver a distance of 3000 miles would be greater than the pleasure of seeing the bell Itself to those who cannot make the Journey here, A heep Dog With Wings NEWS comes from Chicago thaf a sheep raiser -whose ranges are In the foothills . at,0 Crazy Mountains in Montana, la on hla way $'New York to 'buy an air ship to dls jOsme dogs In rounding up his flocks. Tfa bop raiser may he like the Montana mountains, but be baa a good Idea, A dirigible balloon haa a much wlderlrange of operations than he beat Scotqh collie ever iQi&s. and It makes little mora nolie. The jmUb has to March for tho missing shpp by i feetax svar the range, but a man In a dlrlg- j&le IHgoen has only fa lean back In his seat auej Btgm the landseape -with bia binoculars to daVirll the sheep on aweral square mijea if ipHNry. Th mt In easy. f Use xrimnt preya. vuefMrul, the K$ittMttif of tho future wHVh up at public toi.rti ad ty, pt ew wjin Jnnajftiat boy thit ) to tfrtWJ- FfMW fWipt MMtffe at tiadae !m. hut of the tfttaMt iky Ufed i. tr WMow ut ihsJr aroplae. Jiwrt IriMK : U-& v. .. i'e4 i. u.U ii efauEftnaj tfc ftatciie. j ,K ah ndjolnlnpr lot and how nnrrowly they escaped ending their career on such ah occa slon. The world certainly "'do move," and It haa corDo nbout that only he Jcfita at scientific prophesies who has never seen whnt onco seemed follies become actual conveniences. A Smashing Blow to Transit Obstructionists DIRECTOR TAYLOIt yesterday smashed tho progrnm of tho opposition to quick rapid transit. Tho obstructionists wero cling ing desperately to a technical construction. Thoy appeared to be afraid that transit would put a 20-Inch pipe Into tho City Treas ury and drain It. It has been repeatedly announced, of course, that tho now system cannot bo built In ono year. Thero will bo several years of construction work. Director Taylor never ox pocted to spond $30,000,000 between July and December, 1915. To accept, therefore, tho amount that will bo needed this year, upon promise, of tho additional funds as required, following tho passago of tho constitutional amendment, was to knock tho solo vestigo of reasonableness out of tho nrgument of the opposition, and this without Impairing in the slightest tho transit program or yielding anything vital. It la significant that ono and all of tho pre vious holdbacks rushed to cover and were explicit In disavowing nny lntontlon to delay tho beginning of work. Thore was no longer any arrogant disregard of publlo In terests. On the contrary, thoro was obvious crowding to get on the band wagon. Mr. Seger promised a favorablo report on tho ordinances at tho next mooting of Councils. A poll of that body haa shown a great ma jority In favor of tho plans. It Is certain, thorefore, that an April olectlon will bo ordered, unless perchance somo new obstacle, now unforcsoen, la presented. The hearing resolved Itself Into a field day for tho champions of rapid transit. This toll ing point followed that. Thore was one vlo tory after another. It was a triumph for public opinion and open discussion. Tho re sult is that practically all of Its former foes aro now on record an favoring an April elec tion and the beginning of work this sum mer. Thoy cannot back down without stulti fication, and there is little reason to Bupposo that, having at last seen tho light, they will again shut their eyes. The light la not yet won, and the publlo must remain under anna, but the auguries all point to Philadelphia getting what it wanta. Liqnor Advertisements in Alabama rr MAT not bo constitutional for a Legisla ture to forbid tho newspapera In a State to print liquor advertisements, as has been dono In Alabama, but It is good policy for the nowspapera to refuse to assist In enlarging the markot for strong drink. Nearly all of the reputable magazines long ago censed printing such advertisements and the better class of dally newspapers do not admit the announcements of brewers or distillers to tholr columns. Liquor and patent medicines are grouped together in a forbidden class, and thoy are nearer kin than many Innocent and unsus pecting persons used to Imagine. Tho Ala bama newspapers, therefore, which are threatening to test tho constitutionality of the law, might better observe It and reserve their energies to fight for thlnga worth while. When the RailroadaWanted Lower Rates WHILE the Panama Canal was expected to change tho trade routes of the world Its effect upon American trade routes has al ready been much greater than any one antici pated. Freight can bo shipped from Pacific to Atlantic coast portsfby tho canal ao much cheaper than by rail that the all-rail routes have lost much business. It was o put the railroads In a condition to meet this new com petition that the Interstate Commerce Com mission has permitted a reduction in trans continental rates, and now the charge for a long haul may be less than for a short haul. This la in accordance with the long-established policy xjf providing for rail competition with water routes and Is In the Interest of the shipping public. The railroads them aolvea asked for a reduction In rates and they regarded this reduction as equally impor tant with the 6 per cent. Increase which they recently received permission to make. As business adjusts Itself to the new Panama route, it la likely that still further change In railroad rates will have to be made. Mr. Wilson Appraised The first thing the President does when he approaches a new subject Is to make up his mind. Information is looked upon as a mere Impertinence, Henry Cabot Lodge, In the Sen ate yesterday. THIS is not the first time that this estimate of the President has been made, but It la the first time that It has been uttered where it could be put on the official records. As the Judgment of a fair-minded political opponent comes about as close to the Judg. ment of posterity aa we can get, It is Inter esting to find that the contemporary estimate of the wise men of his own party Is shared by one qualified as Senator Lodge la for fore casting the verdict of the future. Although It Is difficult to teach an old dog new tricks, U is still possible for Mr. Wilson to confound his appraisers and prove that his mind ia not closed to Informing argument on the folly of some of his plana. Will he do it? - All together nwt Make It high tide for generosity in Philadelphia! One advantage &t being an ally is that England furnishes the money. If there are ngt shjps enough to carry our wheat abroad why not keep It at home? It Is almost too bad that smallpox does not J break out in wingr-ess. ii naa jorcea me ao Jouroment of the Arizona Legislature, Jus( aboijt tho time tho RMsslana get thoroughly whipped It is discovered, that It's Betblflg but an. outpost of 100,000 or so men. f i Mi We may gt jwn the shjna. but there Is a great rush to get under the American flag just the same. Tlie general imprwMlen la that the Admlnls twallen Wgfei to Iwow something about the MftfebftM wuie M'a fe4M at & long enough. NOBODY IN CONGRESS LIKE J. ADAM BEDR But Ho Makes Occasional Visits A Suggestion That Senators and Repre sentatives Bo Taught the English Language Chautauqua Prospects Look Good. Br J. C. HEMPHILL J.: ADAM BEDD was In town Inst week. Ho did not state his business, but ho was hero doubtless for somo good purpose. Not many years ngo ho was a member of Congress from "tho zenith city of tho unsnltcd boob," nnd ho was qulto nn Interesting figure In tho publlo llfo of his times. Ho always "said some thing" nnd was occasionally oh tho right side of Important questions. Ho had a senso of humor without which, in tho opinion of Mr. Taft, llfo Is hardly worth tho living! but tho more' dense and sober-sided constituents of Mr. Bctlo could not seo tho sound philosophy underlying his Bomotlmes trifling treatment of public questions, nnd they con cluded to keep him at home, preferring to enduro their own Indigestion rather than to share It with tho great body-politic. They havo never had anybody llko him hore slnco his retirement, and thoy novcr will until they send him back In no senso changed for tho worso by tho years ho has spent grubbing for a living on tho Chautauqua platform nt so much per, aftor tho manner of another eminent statesman who need not bo moro exactly Identified. Ono or tho things that Adam said that commanded applause, was tho very wholo norno reflection ho mado upon tho primary system of making nominations for publlo office, and the cheapening effect this plan haa hnd upon the quality of thoso who havo been elevated to high places in tho Govern ment of tho country. It has been said very truly that tho now plan works well for 'two classes of thoso who -yould occupy public ofllce tho ignorant and tho corrupt. Tak ing them by and large, man for man, nnd tho mon who havo won In tho primaries will not comparo with tho men who wero named by tho old convention system. Thoy will not admit it, but it Is not necessary that thoy should "a trco Is Judged by Its fruit"; thero thoy aro in House and Senato; look at thcml At any rate, Adam Bede Is hero no longor and "tho places that knew him onco," eta. They Ought to Not Hare Did It After Secretary Josephua Danlela gets through educating tho sailors and teaching them how to eat In tho officers' mess, it might bo a good thing for him to form a class among tho Senators and Representa tives to teach them how to uso their native language. Tho story Is told about a dis tinguished man who was nominated by ono of tho political parties for the office of Vice President. Ho had been carefully trained as to what ho should say and how ho should say It In his speech of acceptance, and as long as ho stuck to his prepared address his backers were much delighted with their work until, laying asldo his manuscript for a bril liant thought, ho shocked all the purists prea ent by saying In a burst of native eloquence: "My friends, we musn't do aa them Romana done." Everybody knew exactly what he meant, but It was Insisted that It was not good form. On another occasion, as the story goes, the same outBpoken and perfectly honest man, when asked If he had seen Mr. Blank, said: "No, I haven't Baw him and I haven't saw anybody who has saw him." Again, the form was not good, but the meaning was clear. Many of the best people In Mr. Daniels' State say In ordinary conversation, "I dono it," "he done it," or "they done it," or "you done noble," and there Is no mistaking their meaning; but tho form Is not good whatever the sense. Neither Is the style of qulto a number of the Senators now at the Capitol when they say "On tomorrow I shall address the Senate on such and such a question," "As I gave notice on yesterday I wish to say," and so on. Of course, their meaning la plain but their stylo is bad, and Secretary Josephus might very well dovote somo of his spare time between his classes aboard ship to tho sailors who are trying to steer the ship of State. Looks Plagiarhtlc Bpeaklng of Josephus, his educational ac tivities are not confined to tho schooU for the sailors. Following the example of his main guide, the Secretary of State, ho makes many addresses on religious nnd moral subjects. Last Sunday, for example, he attended serv ices at the Church of the Covenant, of which Dr. Charles Wood, a former Phlladel phlan, is pastor. In a particularly able discourse, the min ister spoko of character as the thing most worth striving after, rather than a career, and the Secretary waa evidently so much im pressed with the sermon that in the after noon, In an address In the Westminster Presbyterian Church at Alexandria, he ad monished bis audience that, after all, charac ter rather than a career Is most worth striv ing after. The Idea waa not original with the Secre tary, It waa probably not original with the minister. There are a great many self-evident propositions and the, absorbent mind ia the best sort of mind when it has to be used in expounding noble thoughts. There will be abundant opportunity next spring and summer, If there should be an extra session of Congress, from which there appears to be no escape, for a resumption of activities on 'the Chautauqua circuits. The Secretary of the Navy has not yet ventured upon this sea of opportunity; but his clasa leader, the Secretary of State, Ja prepared to fill almost any engagement that is offered, and ho needs the money, It Is not known what he will talk about, b,ut he might very well take up the President's assurance that the existing business depression la purely psychological. now Bryan Could nelp the Country That would be going rather too far, per haps, hut there ore many signs of returning prosperity. Mr. McAdoo's offer of J50.O0O.OOO last year to take care of the crop movement waa not needed really, aa there was practi cally no demand for It and the crops never moved with so little delay. The offer pf the government to relievo the desperate situation caused hy the floods In the Dayton, Ohio, dis trict last year only encouraged the bankers and peopje of that region to depend upon their own resources, which proved to be ample. The gold pool, organized recently to protect our eredit In foreign lands, has been dissolved. It waa not required except to tjt&bUaa a state mi mini The cotton fusd of $lSf,6W,oea waa not neadad, and the pian feM afMdoaed. AgyliMtlana Snr "mmm, i 1 iii iifrrri?3rBss,r 'i I 111 I visvlf al i I Willi I LLl 'i M QiVjJtfvK DCl?rJnWi?rMww5frrtfVPrvMWMjiTP nv t ?rfl ! Mnjffi 'PtJC JxnxrDrJi'tf'Kii 2wx3?inr m5, 5 CK ijCTHOSC . relief provided in thlo way amounted alto gether to only $28,000. Visitors to Washington from all parts of tho country report Improving conditions, al though there is still great suffering In many places, and If Mr. Bryan will yodel for psychology and drop "Tho Ideal Republic" and "Tho Making of a Man" for tho soason he will help tho President, possibly, to a sec ond term and at tho samo time encourage tho country. LINCOLN AS AN AMERICAN Ho Was Not Typical of His Generation and in That Fact His Greatness Consists Trom tha New Hepublle. ON THE 12th of February wo shall bo treated to a familiar performance. Hun dreds of loquacious speakers throughout the country will aritfo from tho dinner table and confide to their audiences a profound convic tion that of all our Presidents Lincoln was most completely the man of the people, the most thoroughly nnd typically American. Tho official duty of these speakers will be that of eulogizing Mr. Lincoln. Their real purpose will be that of flattering their audi ence. If Mr. Lincoln was so entirely a man of the people, tho people must be very like Mr. Lincoln. In point of fact Mr. Lincoln was super ficially a man of tho people, and fundamen tally a unique, distinguished and wholly ex ceptional Individual. In certain salient re spects he was tho least typical of Americans. Americans, particularly thoso of Lincoln's own generation and neighborhood, were es sentially active, aggresslvo and objective men, whose lives wero given over to practi cal external affairs, who subordinated ovory thlng else to the demands of practical achievement, and whoso Individuality con sldted In living ordinary lives In an extraor dinarily energetic manner. Thoy were super ficial, discursive, easy-going, quarrelsome, and wholly Incapable of proparlng In advance for any task or responsibility. In all theso respects Lincoln differed from his fellow countrymen, and upon these differ ences his eminence depends. Ho was not par ticularly ambitious, aggressive or practical. Tn spite of hlB lively social feelings, he-lived a contemplative life, In which the Intellectual Interest obtained full expression and which attained a high degree of Internal concentra tion. He fought hard and well, but h9 never quarreled. During his formatlye years he quietly but unconsciously prepared him self for great enterprises. He trained his mind because he enjoyed hard Intellectual exertion. His style shaped Itself under the Influence of the Bible and Shakespeare. Thud at a period and in a country favor able to the cheap performance and the easy victory, Mr. Lincoln tempered his reason and hla spirit for a great performance and a cost ly victory. Was there anything typically American about that? ABRAHAM LINCOLN So always firmly he; He knew to bide hla time. And can his fame abide. Still patient In his simple fath sublime, Till the wfse years decide. Great captains, with their guns and drums. Disturb our Judgment for the hour, But at last Bilence comes; These all are gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly, earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American. From Jtmea Ituaaall Ixwell'a CommamoraMoa Ode. , Origin of Two Lincolnian Sayings In John Hay's diary of December 23, 186J, as quoted by William Jloscoe Thayer, appears the flrat record of a famous saying: "The President tonight had a dream. lie was In a party of plain people, and aa It became known who he was they began to comment on his appearance. One of them said: 'He la a very common.looklna man.' The President replied: The Lord prefers common-looking people. That l the reason Ha made so many of them. " Another of tha famous Lincolnian sayings had its origin In this wise: When representative of the National Union League came from Bal timore to the White House to congratulate Mr. Lincoln Dn his nomination for a eeeond term, he responded that the honor had been given him, not because he waa the greatest or, bt man in America, but because the convention bad behaved that "it Is nut best to wap horsa while crossing a river, and that I am Hot so poor a bowe but that they ml Kht make a feotsh of it la trying to swap," Self-sacrifice day ALL AMERICAN history was concontrntod in that event tho dedication of tho Na tional Cemetery at Gettysburg, ono day In mid-November, 1863. Gathered there wero tho fourscore and seven years that had gono before, tho hearts and hopes of tho futuro years of our republic, tho military signifi cance of oiio of tho most stubborn and bloody battles of tho century( tho sadder meaning of It to tho women and children of North and South, tho sacrifice of tho soldiers who fought thero, tho memory of tho Revolution and tho founders of the nation, patriotism and democracy; and tho Immense personality of Abraham Lincoln tho "grandest figure on all the crowded canvas of tho nineteenth cen tury," ho who "bound the nation and un bound the slave." On that occasion the world gained tho beau tiful and Immortal address In which democ racy finds tho truest expression that Htera turo affords. Tlio circumstances relating to the composition of that famous speech aro veiled in somo uncertainty. A writer In the Continent gives tho following version: How the Speech Was Written "Soon after retiring to his room Mr. Lin coln called for his host" (Judge David R. Wills, at whoso houso at Gettysburg tho President stayed tho night of his arrival). "Judgo Wills says: 'I fdund him with a paper, prepared to write, and ho said he had Just seated himself to put upon paper a few thoughts for tomorrow's exercises, and ho wished to know what would bo expected of him. About 11 o'clock he called fop Mr. Wills again, and said he wnnted to tnlk with Mr. Seward. On this visit tho President carried with him the samo paper on which ho had been writing, returned with It still in his hand, and beforo delivering his address next day took this paper from his coat pocket and referred to it while speaking. "J. A. Rebert, who was detailed as orderly to tha President, confirms this statement of Judge Wilis. He was sent to Mr. Lincoln's room about 9 o'clock on the morning of the 19th, nnd found him engaged In writing. Several sheets were finished, but the Presl dent asked Mr. Robort to wait a moment. He concluded his writing, folded the paper and placed It In his Inside coat pocket. Mr, Rebert says: 'After arriving at the National Cemetery, and Edward Everett having finished his oration, President Lincoln stepped to the front of the platform, adjusted his glasses, took from his Inner coat pocket ap parently the same notes, held them In his hand a moment, then elevated bpth hands, stretching them over the vast assemblage In the manner of 'a minister administering a blessing and commenced delivering his great est speech."' The Impression made on his auditors by that beautiful and remarkable utterance has been variously reported. Some Interesting letters from persona who heard Lincoln at Gettysburg are published in tho Continent. Mary I. Crelgh, of Omaha, Neb., writes aa follows: Why Thero Was Little Applause "I lemcmber well the day In November when Lincoln spoke. The crowds, the solemn hush, the numbers of men on crutches or without arms the sombrenesa of the dress with so many women In mourning but most of all with the man himself his great height, his Jean, rugged face, his sympathetic voice, his sorrow over the great number of unknown graves all Impressed me. But what aeems most pitiful to me was that there was no applause when he finished, and he thought he had made a failure and thus additional weight waa added to the burden so heavy already. He waa the least vain map I ever saw. "Tha people were all bo moved by hla worda and all the memories called up by them, and tha spot on which they stood, no one could start applauding- there waa almost a silent crowd until the bands began a martial air Even the papers failed to praise the speech for several days but then the whole nation awakennd to the fact that a wonder ful speech had been made, one that would live eiwaya." Ve? its ovation Rsd aubiaty t( thought ' LINCOLN'S ADDRESS AT GETTYSBURG Recollections of Some of His Auditors How the Immortal Four-min'uta Speech Was Received Lincoln a Master of English Prose. and its terse purity of stylo tho address.! Gettysburg is worthy of Its fame. Here It jlfl A Charter of Democracy "Fourscore and seven years ago our fathwij hrflllfrhf nrfh linnn ttilo nnnMnant n niSl Tlflffnti nnnnnliinil In tlhA..t .4 Jnl.i.,AJl7n ..Mh.w.i, .u.vi. v .u it. i.uviij, tuiu uvuivuiwigi luu iJiupuaiiiun uim an mon aro createg equal. Now wo are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, oriHn? nation so conceived and so dedicated,-, can I long endure. Wo aro met on a great battle! ' field of that war. Wo have como to dedlcats I a portion of .that field as a final resting Ijltt? j for those who hero gavo their lives thaUthfl i nation might live. j . "It is altogether fitting and proper thatjjj j should do this. But In a larger senso wo Wit not dedicate, wo cannot consecrate, we Mi -iSl U iiul uuiiow mis ground, xne oravo men,.nvt '.:fi mg ana dead, who struggled hero, have coaj secrated It far above our power to a'da1 detract. Tho world will little note, nor joiw remember what wo say here, but It can jievcf. forget what they did hero. 3 "It Is for us. tho llvlnc. rather to bo dedl nntpfl h.ft tn flio linflnlatinrl wnrt whIM. lh1 who fought hero have thus far so nobly,3 vanced. It Is rather for us to be here dem ented to tho irrent task remaining before osj that from theso honored dead we takeTSJ t-Teuseu aevouon to mar. cause lor nspi tlinv f-nt.A thn lnnf ..11 manol,.... rt .YnvftilftflV that wo here highly resolve that these desJ shall not havo died In vain: that this naUw under God. shnll hnvn n nnw hlrtti nf freMOD? and that Government of tho people, bWSI people, and for tho people, shall not from tho earth," A Maker of Literature XTA nln.n.. l Ut. ...ll - .nnntftltl, ' AK ui unvajD in ilia wnuilH ui BJC(ni.Qt-! Lincoln reach so lpfty a plane, but neverthjj less ho maintained a high average In ihg quality of his expression and fTcquett! leuuucu Jiuuitt Ilclfilll.o UI lUUUtiilk ciiiu ry so mat nis ranu ns "one or me greatest hjw ters of English prose" is unquestioned, '-M One of tho most celebrated of Llncoli writings, tho concluding portion of the ftntfj Inaugural, contains much of beauty ; poetry. Of the second Inaugural address the LwMfi Spectator said: "We cannot read It wltBot a renewed conviction that it Is the nofi; political document known to history. ' a Surely none 'was ever written undefXJ stronger sense of the reality of God's ffjJi! ment. And certainly none written In ft'PfJ rlod of passionate conflict ever so compiew excluded the partiality of victorious tag and breathed so pure a strain of hub; Justice and mercy." ii Lincoln concluded the address with splendid sentence: "With malice toward none, with chant all. with firmness in tho right, let us as God Rives us to see the right, let ua til on to finish tha work we are In, to bb the nation's wounds, to care for hicSs shall have borne the battle, ana widow and for his ornhan. to do all may achfeve and cherish a Just and to neace nmonjr ourselves and WHR.1 WinsVlAMtft 'f ..vU... M Lincoln's purity and richness 01 u, not be accounted for entirely by nis nf nl hiillnriH tha noetrv of Byron, Duma, -Aesop, Pilgrim's Progress, Wg speare and the Bible. Style Is thougnt. Indeed In tha man. Great literature l; duced -only by great personalities. 11 autobiographical in tho narrow sense, , the sense that It spring from "" t enough to participate deeply In tl9 a' tues of the universe. "Lincoln.4 , Ingersoll, "was a many-elded m' aunlntRd with smiles and tears, com, brain, alnsrla in heart, direct a HgMf hla wprds, candid aa mirrors, gave ft feet image of hi thought" I,OVK OP GOOD So to the calmly gathered thMt Tn innermost or life W"2"T ' The mystery dimly undrtei' That l?ve ! Qo4 M J8 iimK That to ke av4 1 oafr liml Ralyation lro tr e n!"V5shasj J
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