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was not one OF .thoset to wbs,p it was tle,3ica
ted. He 'lefta lex and ! kpovssot how n1ans
other limbs a., pledges TO the S9ssh. and no,
bly, has ne redeemed them. 2 He>is one OF
those men whom we measure like The s,fbyI
| tine books: we vaiaet him the more tbs less
there Is Of him. [Appkuse.l But Assure
| him The more, we have of him here the bes
ter? / give you General William #. Bart
lett. Tremendous applansel S' : 5,,1l !.
General Bartlett said 10 reply:
I.console myself with the fact that had you
called on one who had the gift Of eloquenee
| though he spake g with the tongues of-men
| and Of angels, he could not, by words. add
| any fame to the, deeds Of those for whom
you bid me speak. And as for their dear
memories, twbat need of words to recall
them? Are not these silent to bets more
eloquent than any living tongue? And do
they not 60 straight to our hearts as we see
q name nearer and dearer than the rest, and
then remember that to some circle some.
where each name there was the nearest
and dearestfS To many of you, who were
their comrades in arms, there is no need to
tell how well deserved Is this memorial hall
which loving hands have reared. You
shared their dangers. and sacrifices, their
hopes and. fears, and would have shared their
fate. Aye, on some bitter day OF defeat, worn
out;with fatigue or pain, you enyied, them
the perfect rest to which they, passed. Aud
[ am conscious that to you, too, belongs a
share OF their fame ibis their monument.
Comrades, where is yours? Not, yet COM
plete. The fame achieved by dying glorious
deaths is not for US. Our monument must
yet be built by living useful lives; by doing
braVe,y and faithfully the work we tnd to
do; and, so far as in US lies, striving, by
whatever sacrifice Of ease or tastes, to
elevate and purify the life of the nation
which they died to save. We are enter
ing on the new century of our existence
rs nation with brighter hopes than
seemed possible few years since. The one
great obstacle in the way of national unity
has been cut away by the sword, and the
sad wounds OF war are healing fast. 1t is
your duty, sons Of Harvard, to exercise the
influence which, if you will, you may WELD
in 50 moulding and guiding public opinion
that higher standard Of public moruls shall
prevail; that corruption and incompetency
shall not be treated with public levity, but
punished with political death; that good
men shall not shrink from public Office and
the duties of citizenship; that though the
"private station" may still be the "post OF
honor" public office may cease to bear a
doubtful trademark; that the Government
shall be administered with such ability, dig
uily, justice, and integrity that the South as
we'll as the North shall ere long proclaim
that ours was a national, not a sectional. vic
tory. Do this. or strive TO do this, and you
shall write an inscription more lasting than
Lhese--an inscription on the history Of the
nation for which they died. And as it was
made dearer and safer by their dying it shall
be made better and greater by your living.