Lincoln centenary services, 1909 . ly, we are still in search of theHoly Grail of Democratic realization. When the trueDemocrat comes, the Democrat who will be the standardcitizen to make the finished Democracy, that Democratwill not be the man in the saddle, he will not be the manwith the championship belt, he will not be the man whomakes the all-American, he will not be the man who manip-ulates Wall Street, he will not be the man who swingsvotes—although I believe a sublimated something of eachof these will be in the standard Democrat, The standardDemocrat will be, first and foremost, right
Lincoln centenary services, 1909 . ly, we are still in search of theHoly Grail of Democratic realization. When the trueDemocrat comes, the Democrat who will be the standardcitizen to make the finished Democracy, that Democratwill not be the man in the saddle, he will not be the manwith the championship belt, he will not be the man whomakes the all-American, he will not be the man who manip-ulates Wall Street, he will not be the man who swingsvotes—although I believe a sublimated something of eachof these will be in the standard Democrat, The standardDemocrat will be, first and foremost, right at the core. Hewill be a man whose only selfishness is a splendid self re-spect; a man whose self respect is the alphabet of hisGolden Rule of respect for his fellowman; a man whosecreed is human fellowship; whose pride is human service;whose ambition is the unlimited progress of human kind! I thank you for admitting me into your fellowship inthis attempt to get inspiration from the story of Lincolnslife. 38 <& *+ *h ^ :\. » ^
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