The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-27
MCKINLEY GEMS.

Extracts From Speeches Which Illus rate
His Wisdom, Coursge, Patriotism, and
Faith in God.
The Minneapolis Journal has made
the following extracts fir IN various
addresses made by President McKin-
ley in the past two or three years
which are singularly appropriate at
this time:
Right action follows right purpose.
We may not at all times be able to
divine the future, the way may not al
ways seem clear, but if our aims are
high and unselfsh, somehow and in
some way the right end will be
reached. The genius of the nation, its
freedom. its wisdom, its humanity, its
courage, its justice, favored by divine
Providence, will make it equal to
every task and the master of every
emergency AT Trans Mississippi ex-
position, Omaha, Oct. -, 1898.
We have one flag and one destiny,
and wherever that destiny shall lead
us we will have hearts strong enough
to meet it's responsibilities. We must
follow the light as God has given us
to see the light, and he has singularly
guided us, not only from the begin
ming of our great government, but
down through every crisis to the pre-
sent hour; and 1 am sure it is the
prayer of every American that he shall
still guide and direct us.-At Mer-
chants Exchange, st. Louis, Oct. IA,
1898.
Let us remember that God bestows
supreme opportunity upon no nation
which is not ready to respond to the
call of supreme duty.-At Coliseum,
st. Louis, Oct IA, 1898.
Duty determines destiny. Destiny,
which results from duty performed,
may bring anxiety and perils, but
never failure and dishonor. Pursuing
duty may not always lead by smooth
paths. Another course may look easier
and more attractive, but pursuing duty
for duty's sake is always sure and safe
and honorable. Auditorium, Chi
cago, Oct. 10, 1898.
The flag has been planted in two
hemispheres, and there it remains, the
symbol of liberty, and law, of peace
and progress. Who will withdraw il
from the people over whom it floats its
protecting folds? Who will haul ii
DOWN. Answer me, ye men of the
south who is there in Dixie who will
haul it down?.-Atlanta, Ga, Dec. 10,
1898.
have no light or knowledge not
common to my countrymen. 1 do not
prophesy. The present is all-absorbing
to me. But I cannot bound my vision
by the od-stained trenches around
Manila, where every red drop, whether
from the veins of an American soldier
or misguided Filipino, is anguish to
my heart, but by the broad range of
future years, when the group of is
lands, under the impulse of the year
just past, shall have become the gems
and glories of those tropical seas-a
land of plenty and of increasing posi-
bilities; people redeemed from saw
age Incidence and habits. devoted to
the arts of peace, in touch with the
commerce and trade of all nations. en-
joying the blessings of freedom, of CT
vii and religious liberty, of education
and of homes, and whose children and
children's children shall for ages bless
the American republic because it
emancipated and redeemed their
fatherland, and set them in the path
way of the worlds best civilization. -
At dinner of Home Market Club, Bos-
ton, Feb. 16, 1899.
Side by side with education must be
character. Do not forget that. There
is nothing in this world that lasts SO
long or wears so we'll as good charac-
ter !; and it is something everybody can
have. 1t is just as easy to get into the
habit of doing good as it is to get into
the habit of doing evil. With educa-
tion and integrity every avenue of
honor, every door of usefulness, every
pathway of fame and favor are open
to all of you.-Duluth, Mimi, Oct.
10, 1899.
Back of the government to which
have referred is the home, which is
the ideal government after all-the
family. bound together by ties of COM
mon interest and affection the Ameri-
can home, the schoolhouse for the edu-
cation of American boys and girls in
the duties of citizenship. And from
this home, which lies at the founda-
tion of our public institutions, the
governments draw their virtue and
integrity. The education that comes
from the home touches all our lives
and stays with us as long as we live.
There is not a man anywhere in the