His thought-worn face with sympathies grown fine:
And as men gaze, their hearts as oft declare
That this is he whom all their hearts enshrine——
This man that saved a race from slow despair.”
Theodore Roosevelt said, in an address on the character of Lincoln, “One of his most wonderful characteristics was the extraordinary way in which he could fight valiantly against what he deemed wrong, and yet preserve undiminished his love and respect for the brother from whom he differed.”
Woodrow Wilson said, “There was no point at which life touched him that he did not speak back to it instantly its meaning.”
Sir Spencer Walpole says in his history, “Of all men born to the Anglo-Saxon race in the nineteenth century, Abraham Lincoln deserves the highest place in history.”
IV. REMEMBRANCE AT THE END OF A HUNDRED YEARS
The centennial anniversary of Lincoln’s birth called forth expressions of appreciation from over all the world. His memory and his meaning had not grown dim in the interests of humanity. A few typical examples illustrate the love and reverence inspired by his great work in the human cause.