Tributes to Abraham Lincoln . nor the competitive progress of our neighbors; it isthe vast army of the respectable worthless, who spend alltheir lives in money-getting and pleasure, who ignore thelaw and who never discommode themselves for the com-mon good. If government of and for and by the people does per-ish from America, as some observers say it must, it willnot be the fault of the immigrant, the economic doctrin-aire, nor any of those discontented spirits who are soheartily denounced by those who disagree with them; itwill be the fault of the same class of men and women whoplunged the na
Tributes to Abraham Lincoln . nor the competitive progress of our neighbors; it isthe vast army of the respectable worthless, who spend alltheir lives in money-getting and pleasure, who ignore thelaw and who never discommode themselves for the com-mon good. If government of and for and by the people does per-ish from America, as some observers say it must, it willnot be the fault of the immigrant, the economic doctrin-aire, nor any of those discontented spirits who are soheartily denounced by those who disagree with them; itwill be the fault of the same class of men and women whoplunged the nation into the Civil War because they lovedpleasure and riches and ease and power. It will be thefault of those whose dedication is to nothing higher thantheir own advantage and the getting of what they want. If we would be Americans let us forget ourselves anddedicate our lives to the good of man. That is Lincolnsmessage to his countrymen. i — ;fer < I I Los Angeles Herald-ExaminerLos Angeles, CaliforniaBebruary 12, 1965. RABBI MAGNIN Everywhere Lincolns Birthday ... and I am far from home. It isa long pull from Springfield and Washington to the coastnf East Africa . • but Lincoln is here, too. This is thecontinenVfrom which were carried in chains the slaves 116 SLmcoein is everywhere . . onevery continent 1br he is in the hearts of all men and women who love free-dom and of little children who see the picture of thelankv melancholy man and say He belongs to me. LmTolrfis in the minds of those who on this farawaycontinent seek their freedom or have won it . . but letthem remember that for Him freedom was not only sacredin itself but an opportunity for intellectual and spiritual SGlfIf/knew6 that freedom was of the mind and soul aswell as of the ballot box. Not only must these newly-freed people learn tnis,but we Americans have yet to appreciate it. (Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple is one of theSouthlands most revered spiritual leaders.) c c THE SUN
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