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IDEAS of mankind as to what constituted real
And that example was exhibited
for all nations and for all ages. never to be
forgotten or overlooked by him who was
born. one hundred and ifty-,bree wears ago
tomorrow, in that primitive little Virginia
farm-housel
am myself New-Englander by birth, a
son of Massachusetts, bound by the strongest
ties OF affection and of blood TO honor and |
the earlier and the later Worthless Of |
the old Puritan Commonwealth Jealous of |
their isir fame. and ever ready 10 assert and |
yiudicate their / ,st repowu. But | turn rev. |
erentIy to the Old Dominion today, and salute |
her as the mother of the pre-eminent and iu- |
comparsble American, the Father of his |
Country and the foremost figure in all merely |
human history. In the words Of our own
poet. Lowell.
'Nirgi inia gave us this imperial man,
of those ,n .Ie hish..tatnrsa % ages old
Which into grsnder forms our mortal metal
ran;
VIZ sse se.n us ne Siys har bact hnt low. and
praise"
virginia has had other noDie sons, wnom 1
Will not name, put whom DO not forget:
When l remember now many there art, ana
how great they nave oeen' ana now mucn our
country has owed them, 1 may weii excia,p'
"fetiE Prote pTum But, as think OF hef
washinston-of our washington, let me
rather say am almost ready 10 ado' "L@'s
Dethn Pdr'u!
celebrated philosopher OF antlquity' VINO
was nearly contemporary with Chris', ou'
who could have known nothing OF What Was
going on IN Judea, and who, alasl did not al
ways "reck MS own rede wrote 'nus 10
younger frieEd, as precept for worthy me
'Some good man must pe slhgiea OUT anu
kept ever before our eyes, that we may ave
as IT be were looking on, and DO everything
as II he could see IL;
Let me b. rro~ the spirit II not .ne eAhc'
letter, oil 'hat precep'' anu auuiess ~ 'ue
young men OF my country; "heep ever in
your mind, ana before your mlha eye 'ne
loitiesi slaiiuafu vi en"'ae'e'. IL" "o'o ~
l heeu not say SuPieniei' auu un"Pp'o".
aoiy, IN him VINO spake as never man spshe,
and h'ed as never man lved' ana VINO oieu
ior tne sins Oh 1Ee "orla. inat cnarao'er
STANDS apart ana aione. put Oh mercy NOR
tai man the monument we nave oeoica'eu W
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| study 10 iIl'ta'e' anu as iar as may oe' W
| emulate. heep DIS example anu us enarac.er
ever oeiore your eyes anu IN your heais'
Live ana act as IL ne were seeing ana Juuelhg
your persoaai cohuucl anu your Puoilc caiee,'
ou,'e 10 aPProA'inate .na' ioi', s'Anua,.'
ahu measure your in'esri'S anu you, pauio'-
ism oy your hearness 10 IL, or your departure
from IL; Inc prime metiuian OF universal
Longitude, on sea or isnd' may oe al "reen-
wlch, or al faris, OF whefe you VIII. bu'
the prime merialan OF pure aisin'ereS'eu'
patriotc' exalted human character VIII oe
marked forever py yohder washington
ooelsh
Yes, 70 the young men OF america undef
Uoa, II reuaihs, as tney riSe up from eehe'a,
non 10 genersuoh' 10 snape Inc aeStlnl's " "
tnelr country slu'ure-and woe unto tnem II
regardless OF the great example ~nlcn Is Sc
before them, they prove unfalthful to the tre
mendous responsibilities which rest upon
them
Yet let me not seem, even for moment, Il
throw off upon the children the rightlu
share OF those responsibilities which belong
TO their fathers. Upon US, upon US, 1t de
wolves TO provide that the advancing genera
tions shall be able to comprehend. and equa
to meet, the demands which are thus befor
them. II is ouTs-lt Is yours especially sen
ators and Representatives, supply then
with the means OF that Universal Education
which is the crying want OF our land, an
without which any intelligent and successful
free government is impossible.
, We are Just entering on new olympia,
OF our national history-the twenty-hftl
Olympiad since washington hrst en-
tered upon the administration OF ou
Constitutional Government Inc Will o
; the people has already designated under Whon
the first century OF that Government Is 10
closed, and the best hopes and wishes o
every patriot Will oe with MIN 10 Inc gfea
responsibilities on whlch ne is aoout 10 enter
No distinction OF party or OF section prevent
our all feeling alike that our country, o.
whomsoeyer governed, is sui and always ou
! eountrJTso oe cherished IN al our heaIts;
oe upheiu anu ueie,ueu oy All our nanus'
, MOST haPpy "ouiu pe II 'ne oo'n
apfii, on "ni.n 'uo ms, suon
washington .ooA pi' ou III i'o'' oouiu n.noe
'of'n oe tue UNIV " al ,u'uie u'A.'n
AS IL mignt oe oy siieh. amenanen'
tne cons''u'iou-eN a II "ouiu' lnuc
neeueu es'eusion W 'ue suo,' Sessions VI oou
sress, auu ie,'ins 'ue Seoouu oeutuf' VI ou
cohs''u,iouAi niS'ois o's'n "ne'e 'ue nfS
century oegan;
bnt ie' tne ua'e oe "ha' II may, lne Id
sptrauon Oh Tue Oeh'enniai Ann'VelsaiJ
that nrs' great TRANSPORTATION mus, NOT oe los
upon US. "ouiu 'na' any Noru' oi m,n
coulu neip US a,i' oiu anu youne, " Iesol,
tnat tne p'ln'ipies anu 'unias se anu eAnuP'
OF "asnins''n, as nc oane iot""fu ~ "A
Tue oa'"' VI oAoe on '". 10Y, su1ii oue ~
iiioie 'e s,~, i~eu aAu ~ -.
,io;n,a.,aa - o nnr;,s auS na.r;a,;sn, sban =
the supreme test and standard of America
craftsmanship! That standard can never b
taken away from US. Inc most elaborate an
, M ,bs do torcss Of ns,nrs ny srv 6endisb GRIM
, OF man, can ever mar or mutilate Rrea, ex
ample of public or private virtue.
Our matchlrss Obelsk stands proudly be