...he, our Martyr-Chief, burn, And hang my wreath on his world-honored urn. Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan,...rote: For him her Old-World moulds aside she threw, VjVil Of the unexhausted West, ith stuff untainted shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength...

...heart will beat and burn, And hang my wreath on his world-honored urn. Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote : For him her Old- World molds aside she threw, And choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West,...

...prayerful outburst reminds one of certain lines on Lincoln in Lowell's great Ode: " For him her Old World moulds aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, With stuS untainted shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true. How beautiful to...

..." is the bright consummate flower of democracy." We may apply to it what Lowell says of Lincoln : " For him her old-world moulds aside she threw, And...unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new." The American colleges have held fast to the best of the ancient learning and utilized the best experiences...

...heart will beat and burn, And hang my wreath on his world-honored urn. Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan,...us by rote: For him her Old-World moulds aside she throw, And, choosing sweet clay from the breust Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped...

...granted equality of opportunity to all by reaching the highest possible station. In him "her Old- World moulds aside she threw, And choosing sweet clay from...unexhausted West With stuff untainted shaped a hero new. Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame. New birth of our new soil, the first American." Underlying...

...First American " develop from a poverty-stricken child of the backwoods ? " Nature, they say, doth dote And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote ; For him her Old- World moulds aside she threw, And choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West,...

...needs." And what a fine tribute the poet pays to our Martyred Chief : — " Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote ; For him her Old- World moulds aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West,...

...had led, With ashes on her head Wept with the passion of an angry grief: Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan,...aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from the heart Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new, Wise, steadfast in the strength...

...dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating as by rote ; For him, the Old- World moulds aside she threw, And, choosing sweet clay from...unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero ne\v, Wise, steadfast in the strength of God, and true." " How was he different from anybody else ?...