It may very well be that, from this point of
view, the idealized St. Gaudens statue would be the best for London. But for out part we must confess that, from all we have heard of it, we have a hankering also after the Barnard statue. We do not mean ol course to ask for two presents from the generous donors, but it those public-spirited men who are working both here and in the United States foes better understanding between the great English- speaking peoples could see their way to arrange that England should also have the Barnard statue, we should be frankly pleased. It may be said that it would be undesirable, or irregular, or unprece. dented, to have two statues of Lincoln in London, but that objection would not rule out some place like Oxford or Cambridge. Vt'e cannot have too many memories of Lincoln and all that he did for the English-speaking race, nor could there be a finer ideal for young men going through their academic career. In a University town a Lincoln statue would be, moreover, an everlasting reminder to dons that culture is not a mechanical thing, but comes from a sincerity and nobility of brain and heart quite as much as from hours spent in the lecture-room.
Previous page
