Lincoln . olution. Ourown Robert C. Winthrop, the silver tongued orator,the Christian statesman, from the Old Bay state,and Hannibal Hamlin, the man of granite princi-ples, the sheet anchor of our Senate when thestorm of war was raging; and then Gladstone,the scholar, the writer, the peerless statesman, theGrand Old Man of England. And yet the world,today, turns to Lincoln, first of all, among thenoted ones of 1809. Greatness Unveiled. Here we look upon human greatness, unveiled,and destined to stand the tests of time, because ahuman soul, endowed with powers immortal, suitedfor and called to
Lincoln . olution. Ourown Robert C. Winthrop, the silver tongued orator,the Christian statesman, from the Old Bay state,and Hannibal Hamlin, the man of granite princi-ples, the sheet anchor of our Senate when thestorm of war was raging; and then Gladstone,the scholar, the writer, the peerless statesman, theGrand Old Man of England. And yet the world,today, turns to Lincoln, first of all, among thenoted ones of 1809. Greatness Unveiled. Here we look upon human greatness, unveiled,and destined to stand the tests of time, because ahuman soul, endowed with powers immortal, suitedfor and called to a special work in the great world-movement, cared for, cultivated, and exercised thosepowers—took in the principles of his mission, di-gested them and made them a part of himself;then, ambitious for the goal, dared to be honest;dared to be unpopular when he knew he was right;dared to be unselfish ; dared to do the right; daredto be true; dared to do his duty; dared to trust inGod; DARED TO BE A MAN!! 126. NOTABLE CHARACTERS BORN IN 1809. The Nations Product. Abraham Lincoln was the product of our free in-stitutions. Born and reared in poverty, undauntedby defeat and unsullied by prosperity, he roseagainst fearful odds to the topmost point of humanpower. He was endowed with the qualities ofgreatness. He had the noblest qualities of a man,the highest requisites of a leader, the keenest in-stincts of a statesman, the heart and the soul of apatriot. With cool head, and clear thinking, andfarsightedness, he moved steadily forward withouthalt or hurry. Measured by what he accomplished,he stands in the foremost rank among the greatestcharacters of history. In the dark hours of our greatest danger, un-tried and little known, he took the Ship of State,guided her through the storm of Civil War, andbrought her at last, through the crimson tempest,into the harbor of peace and universal freedom. Hesought not fame, but victory for the right. Pos-sessed of the martyr spirit, firm, unselfish
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