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. James Oppenheim, in his poem in praise of the Lincoln child, says, "Oh, to pour our love through deeds---- To be as Lincoln was! That all the land might fill its daily needs Glorified by a human cause! Then were America a vast World-Torch Flaming a faith across the dying earth, Proclaiming from the Atlantic's rocky porch That a New World was struggling at the Birth!" James Whitcomb Riley, writing of Lincoln, the boy, says in the last stanza: "Or thus we know, nor doubt it not, The boy he must have been Whose budding heart bloomed with the thought All men are kith and kin---- With love-light in his eyes and shade Of prescient tears: Because Only of such a boy were made The loving man he was." Ambassador Bryce of England, speaking at Lincoln's tomb before a vast gathering at the centennial anniversary of Lincoln's birth, said, "To us in England, Lincoln is one of the heroes of the race from whence we sprung. Great men are the noblest possession of a Nation, and are potent forces in the moulding of national character. Their influence lives after them, and, if they be good as well as great, they remain as beacons lighting the course of all who follow them. They set for succeeding generations the standards of public life. They stir the spirit and rouse the energy of the youth who seek to emulate their virtues in the service of their country." Vice-President Fairbanks in an address at Harrisburg on that occasion said, "His life was spent in conflict. In his youth, he struggled with nature. At the bar of justice he contended for the rights of his clients. In the wider field of politics, he fought with uncommon power to overthrow the wrong and enthrone the right. He fought not for the love of conquest, but for the love of truth. By nature he was a man of peace. He instinctively loved justice, right, and liberty. His conscience impelled him to uphold the right whenever it was denied his fellowman." S. E. Kiser ended a centennial poem with the following stanza: