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of great men. but the two men OF pre-
eminent greatness, who. az the centuries
go on. will surely loom above all others
are Washington and Lincoln; and 1t Is
peculiarly 3S fitting that their birthdays
should be celebrated every year and the
meaning OF their lives brought home close
sto4us. rs IA 4! III Is
5i.No others5citY in the country is so
closely identified withWashlngton's career
as Philadelphia He served here in us
here as commander of the army at the
time of the battles Of Brand ywine and
Germantown :&nnd It was near here that
with that army he faced the desolate
winter at Valley Forge, the winter which
marked the turning point Of the Reyolu-
tionary War. Here he came again as
President of the convention which framed
the Constitution, and then as President
of8the United 81 tes. and finally as lieu.
acknowledgement OF the army al ter he had
retired from the presidency,
Washing ton and Lincoln.
ss one hundred and eight years go. just
before he left the presidency. he issued
his farewell address. and in It he laid
down certain principles which he M be-
lleved should guide the citizens OF this
words being I, which appear to me ALL
Important to the pcrmanency Of Your
felicity as a people. ,.'4.5ss +i8
4 i,Wast,naton, though In some ways an
even greater man than + Lincoln, did not
have LIncoIn's wonderful Gift OF express.
son-that Gift which l axes cert IN
speeches OF the rall.spllter from Illinois
read like the Inspired utterances OF !, the
great Hebrew aeers and prophets. But
she had all OF Ltncolns sound common
sense. far sightedness, and devotion to a
lofty ideal. 5 Like Lincoln, he sought after
the noblest4 objects, and like Lincoln, he
sought after them by Thoroughly prac tical
methods These two greatest Americans
can fairly be called tho best AMONG the
great man Of the world J, and ere attest
among the good mon OF the world. II Each
showed lin actual practice his capacity td
secure under our system the priceless
union Of individual liberty With govern
mental strength z Each was as free frop
the vices OF the tyrant MS from the WIGS
OF tho demn gogue. 10 each the e'np|y',
|futlllty OF the mere doot rinalre was ~
alien as the baseness OF the merely sgt y
seeking politician Each was incapable
alike"of tho wlokedness which seekl BY
force OF arms to wrong others and q the
10 less criminal weakness which faIs 70
provide effectively aganst being winged
by others, b "a "a t5.
Upbuilding Of Navy.
VI nAn,ong Washlngtons nnaxims which
he bequeathed to his countryn'e' were
the two following: Observe goq fai1h
and Justice toward all nations nd To
be prepared for war is the most Elective
means to promote peace, Ihfe Two
principles taken together should gr =, J, ne
basis Of our whole foreign pol lcy.{ Ne her
is sufficient taken by Itself " not.
meraly an die dream. but post mis-
|tohleyous dream, te believe tlat mere
from wrongYdoing yill insure.
|ius against being wronged, VI, on the
other hand. a nation prepared FOR war ls
menace to mankind unless We national la
purpose As to8treat other IN Mons with
good faith and Justice, In ny commu--
nifty IT Is neither the conscI htlous man
who Is 70 craven at heart eor yeta the
bold and strong mar WlthoitR the moral
sense, who la of real use toto The CONF
|3nunity;Si II ls the ma VII 1 W 4strength
and eolra sc adds alizlI sense .ofs t n
moral obi satl Ion rest ipon ~ M tlle
Imam Who has not only the &eslCet RQG lAe