February 1921

The Review of Reviews published, in its February issue, a writer's statement that "the world over, Lincoln is coming to be universally revered and loved."

Meanwhile, closer to home

PropertyApril 27, 1921

The Round Table announced a Phi Kappa Psi picnic at Yost Park for the coming Friday afternoon: the party to leave at 4:30 by machine or boat, a picnic supper at the park, dancing until eleven, music by Harry Flynn, Alvin Strahle, and Norval Meyers, with Coach and Mrs. E. J. Osgood as chaperons.

CountyJune 18, 1921

The Janesville Daily Gazette listed baseball games: Harley-Davidsons vs Moose at the fair grounds (2:30 p. m.), Rails vs Monticello at Monticello, Janesville Railway Clerks vs Beloit clerks at Yost Park, Janesville Teenie Weenies vs Beloit midgets at Yost Park (2:30), Black Hawks vs Third Ward Giants at Pine Diamond (1:30 p. m.), and West Side White Sox vs Willow (name incomplete).

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Nation & worldFebruary 1921

The Review of Reviews published, in its February issue, a writer's statement that "the world over, Lincoln is coming to be universally revered and loved."

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When America entered the World war, the world, which had received some pretty hard knocks In the three years preceding, looked for this country to evolve another Lincoln to help it straighten Itself out. The London Evening Standard of April 3, 1917, published President Wilson's war message, delivered the evening before at a joint session of the congress, and went so far as to hail the author as "A New Lincoln." A writer in the Review of Reviews for February, 1921, said: "The fact is that, the world over, Lincoln is coming to be universally revered and loved. ... Disillusioned or skeptical Christians, Jews, Moslems, Confucians and Brahmins find in him a model whose life is an inspiration because he lived as he taught, officially as well as personally.

Caswell, Lucien Bonaparte. The Reminiscences of the Hon. L. B. Caswell. Written at Fort Atkinson, Wis., 1914–1916; four-column newspaper reprint, newspaper and date unidentified. University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries.PDF pp. 3–27

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February 1921

The Review of Reviews published, in its February issue, a writer's statement that "the world over, Lincoln is coming to be universally revered and loved."

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Nation & worldFebruary 1921

The Review of Reviews published, in its February issue, a writer's statement that "the world over, Lincoln is coming to be universally revered and loved."

A 1 independent source

1AQuotation found on a page of our own sources

When America entered the World war, the world, which had received some pretty hard knocks In the three years preceding, looked for this country to evolve another Lincoln to help it straighten Itself out. The London Evening Standard of April 3, 1917, published President Wilson's war message, delivered the evening before at a joint session of the congress, and went so far as to hail the author as "A New Lincoln." A writer in the Review of Reviews for February, 1921, said: "The fact is that, the world over, Lincoln is coming to be universally revered and loved. ... Disillusioned or skeptical Christians, Jews, Moslems, Confucians and Brahmins find in him a model whose life is an inspiration because he lived as he taught, officially as well as personally.