The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-20

speak no SANDER; no, nor listen to IT.:
this is the stainless honor OF human
life.
The reverence Of the name Of Lee
has steadily grown through sectional
mists and fanatical passion. The critics
at first mistook ignorance and passion
and hatred for love Of country. Time
passes. Many of us live extemporaneous-
ly; we take no cognizance OF time. Time
educates Time reveals the stuff out of
which character Is woven. The people
are always learning. They learn slowly.
The passions OF a nation are under q
cooling process, and we become ashamed
of the passions that lead them astray.
Who then is great man? True great
ness Is that which survives its own gener-
alton. Intellect alone Is not claim to
greatness. 1t is the use which a man
makes OF his intellect and his natural gifts
that constitute his claim to greatness.
Take the case of Lord Bacon, the
great high priest of science, one to
whom the scientific world owes more
than to any other mind in the world.
And yet Bacon possessed q double ma
ture. was time-server, fatterer. AS
Pope said of him In singing lines, 'One
Of the wisest and one Of the meanest
OF his race"
Spirit of Commander.
Symmetry of proportion is law Of
all the works of God. The heart must
balance with the Judgment and CO.
ordinate with intellect and soul. A
great man must be one who essentially
loves right and hates wrong. 1t is this
that lifts him above the temptations
that other men yield to. a. great man
must have great cause to bring out
the best that is in him. A great cause
brought Ollt Iyutba nd rafOrmera
All of US In the stirring times of war
and strife We're doing our duty who
tried to live with conscience void OF
offense towards ali men.
"a great man Is called OF God for the
worlds sake, His motto must be duty
incarnatc sacrifice. A truly great man
must have hold upon God, must see
things not as the world sees them. He
must be patient in adversely. If intel.
much the greater.
"An army, its men. its captains and
generals, after the campaigns of u war
begin to absorb tho spirit OF n truly
great leader This is the only rational
account of the achievements of the Army
of Northern Vrginia-its tenacity, It's
daring its Conference, It's enduring pluck
and courage to the last. They had the
sPirlt or Lee, q possession that hireling
sp'uieiS coulu not nave VIII attempt
here no historical sketch of our matchless
entertain | repeat to you this morning
tho PRAYER of an old soldier after the
surrender' God bless General Lee for our
chiiafens sake, and keep his memory
green
There Is ORC feature in estimating his
character that history cannot unfold. We
can only catch a glimpse here and there
.ot ms boyhood Youth dreams dreams
ana sees visions. There are silent years
me biosrapher cannot see when God ia
training him for the work he has to do.
Wheh lie energies. tho invisible years
show that he has been gaining victory
over inclination, over passion, and over
duty.
General Lee had Christian mother
and Christian home. While rhis Ia an
age of education. it still remains that at
the last the homes of the people arc
the making of the forces OF character
~ nation's .hopA ana responsibility for the