Lincoln . lves. He was human to the He hadqualities of mind and soul which made him equalto the best born of earth. He had those charac-teristics which made him one of the plain commonpeople. He moved in touch with strongest, thehighest and the best, and was never walked on a plain with the lowliest and wasesteemed as their counsellor and their friend. Hewas the great American Commoner, the friend andthe servant of the people. Who his ancestors were, or what his genealogywe may not question minutely here. Being askedconcerning his grandfather, Lincoln himself oncesaid:—I
Lincoln . lves. He was human to the He hadqualities of mind and soul which made him equalto the best born of earth. He had those charac-teristics which made him one of the plain commonpeople. He moved in touch with strongest, thehighest and the best, and was never walked on a plain with the lowliest and wasesteemed as their counsellor and their friend. Hewas the great American Commoner, the friend andthe servant of the people. Who his ancestors were, or what his genealogywe may not question minutely here. Being askedconcerning his grandfather, Lincoln himself oncesaid:—I am more concerned to know what hisgrandson will Enough for us to know that 1 Abraham Lincolns greatness and worth lay in hissimple manhood. So that the excuse that we offer lorthe faults and failings of some great men :—They wereonly human, was the very crown of his excellence. Hewas a whole man, human to the core of his heart.—Robert Collier. Lincoln Memorial Album, p. 203.—Robert Collier. 18. WM. F. WARREN, LL. D. noble blood coursed in his veins,—the blood ofthe Puritan and of the Cavalier. Where or howhe got his genius we may not query. Asi wellmight we inquire where Phidias, or Shakespeare,or Burns, or Mozart, got theirs. A well knownteacher once said:—What is ordinarily known asgenius is but the result of application and I am persuaded that much of the halogathering around our Lincoln has its solution had his special qualities of mind and heart andmother wit. He was born with noble powers, withideals and ambition to utilize those powers, aheart, a soul to govern and to rule. The times inwhich he lived and the school of experience throughwhich he passed, rough and forbidding though theywere, had their star of destiny and their ray oflight and hope. But Divine wisdom and the handof Providence can best explain the way from theshadows, the sorrows, and the trials of the lowlycabin to the Nations Capitol and the martyrstomb. The Men and the
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