Life, 1918-12-26 · page 4 of 35
Life — December 26, 1918 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine features a patriotic illustration titled "The Spirit of Lincoln Still Lives," showing a figure with outstretched arms flanked by two historical scenes labeled 1861 and 1918. The illustration invokes Abraham Lincoln's legacy to contextualize America's involvement in World War I (which the U.S. entered in 1917). The paired dates reference the Civil War era and the recent Great War, suggesting America's continued moral mission—from preserving the Union to supporting the Allied cause. The accompanying text poses rhetorical questions about America's duty and humility in the war effort, acknowledging the greater sacrifices of France and Britain while asserting America's role in revealing "the spirit of the real America to the world." The lower section advertises *Life* subscriptions as a patriotic Christmas gift for soldiers and sailors, directly monetizing wartime sentiment.
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The Spirit of Lincoln Still Lives Will America be true to the world trust imposed upon her? Will she be duly humble, and realize that her part in the war, while important, did not impose upon her the great sacrifices of glorious France and undaunted. Britain? It will be Lire’s duty, dur- ing the coming year, to reveal the spirit of the real America to the world. To all our friends who have read us in the past with charity, with sympathy and with true comradeship, we offer the renewed assurances of our distinguished consideration. The Best Way to Invest Some of Your Christmas Money is to enter a year’s subscription to LIFE. Whether for yourself or some soldier or sailor, it is money well spent. The Army of Occupation overseas will number half a million men, and every man likes LIFE. To American Expeditionary Force men, $5 a year, if no local foreign address be given. Open only to new subscribers; no sb scriptions renewed at this rate. y LIFE, 17 West 31st Street, New York. n go One Year, $5.00. (Canadian, $5.52; Foreign, $6.40.)