. The centenary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1909 : program of exercises in commemoration of that event. ust as much consideration for all that. Gentlemen, said Abraham Lincoln to a delegation of citizens whocalled at the White House to complain of the Presidents omissions andcommissions, suppose all the property you were worth was in gold, andyou had put it in the hands of Blondin to carry across the Niagara river 19 on a rope, would you shake the cable or keep shouting out to hini> Blondin, stand up a little straighter ; Blondin, stoop a little more ; go alittle faster ; lean a l
. The centenary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1909 : program of exercises in commemoration of that event. ust as much consideration for all that. Gentlemen, said Abraham Lincoln to a delegation of citizens whocalled at the White House to complain of the Presidents omissions andcommissions, suppose all the property you were worth was in gold, andyou had put it in the hands of Blondin to carry across the Niagara river 19 on a rope, would you shake the cable or keep shouting out to hini> Blondin, stand up a little straighter ; Blondin, stoop a little more ; go alittle faster ; lean a little more to the north ; lean a little more to thesouth ? No, you would hold your breath, as well as your tongue, andkeep your hands off until he was safe over. The government is carryingan immense weight. Untold treasures are in its hands. It is doing thevery best it can. Dont badger it. Keep silence, and well get you safeacross. While Lincolns humor was proverbial, nothing could be wider of themark than to represent him as a mere jester. His humor had ever ascintillating point. 19.—GETTYSBURG Four-score and seven years ago ourfathers brought forth on this continenta new nation, conceived in liberty, anddedicated to the proposition that all menare created equal. Now we are engagedin a great civil war, testing whetherthat nation, or any nation so conceivedand so dedicated, can long endure. Weare met on a great battlefield of thatwar. W^e have come to dedicate a por-tion of that field, as a final resting placefor those who here gave their lives thatthat nation might live. It is altogetherfitting and proper that we should do this ;but, in a larger sense, we can not dedi-cate—we can not consecrate—we can nothallow—this ground. The brave men,living and dead, who struggled here, haveconsecrated it, far above our poor powerto add or detract. The world will littlenote, nor long remember what we sayhere, but it can never forget what theydid here. It is for us, the li
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