The Globe-republican., 1909-06-03
Lessons From the Past
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aCaH 10 Remembrance the Former Days. ~ He6re'


Don Pedro, when bis coronation took
place, had tho bones Of bis 6rst and only
wife, Princess Inness, disinterred and
wrapped 10 royal robes and carried In
state through the streets Of Lisbon go that
great nation might honor her, whose
loyalty and prayers started Portugal on
career Of glory. A celebrated French
novelist ct the, pinnacle Of bic success
was wont to retire alone to bis study.
There, away from the eyes OF men, he
would re-examine his manuscripts and
endeavor to decide which production 1t
was that elevated him to praise and pop
ularity.
Thus do we ponder the lessons OF his
tory. Walking through the gardens Of
memory we find the civil war to be hal
lowed ground. We bend over the pure,
white lilies Of fame aud cares the red
roses Of sacrifice. We 90 back forty five
years to trials and struggles immortal
'zed by story and song, and our hearts
thrill with patriotism as tive call to re-
membrance the former days"
Learn first, this occasion commemorate
Ing the past teaches US The horrors of war.
II is financial loss. Here is country
as beautiful as a garden OF Eden, but
war rolls over 1t and leaves 1t as desolate
as Sodom or Gomorrah. The civil war
cost this nation three billion dollars.
But the cost OF the wars of history is un-
known. Some one guessing at 1t has
said. "Give me the money spent in bu.
man conflicts and / will buy every foot
Of land on earth. [ will cothe every
man, woman and child III the gaTb of
royalty. | will build school house on
every hill top and In every valley. will
place an academy In every town and
college in every state throughout the
whole world. And will erect church
upon every slope so that upon every
Sabbath morn the chimes will echo from
hill to hill and encircle the globe with
divine praise"
War brings the anguish Of farewells.
When the call for troops was issued then
came the agony Of life. At the door
way, the gateway and the depot there
we're partings which hope we will never
zee again. One day after great battle
/ list Of the dead was published. After
hat q list OF the missing. A mother
lsked, ''How missing? Who saw him
ast2" A wife sobbed, "Wbere did he
'all, In the wood or by stream?' And
sister cried, "Shall l never see him
.gainp' No one answers. Somewhere
q the southland he sleeps In grave
imply marked "Unknown." But Cur
ng the anxious uncertainty many q fond
leart broke, many strong brain reeled
nd many precious life perished. I
War brings the horrors of carnage.
wellington said, ''if you have ever wit
essed one day of battle you would pray
Tod that you might never see such a
hing again." The wars Of history have
cen at the sacrifice of thirty-fye billion
ves, or twenty times the present popu-
alton of the earth. While the civil war
ost US nearly one million lives. Then
was four years of hatred and malice,
our years OF mutilatlon and blood, four I
ears of deaths and funerals and four
ears of grief and woe, until the imagi-
alton is exhausted In the attempt to de-
eribe such misery.
But now we are crowned with peace
ust as the grayness Of the morningtide
lelts into blueness of the noon 80 this
alton Is mereed, once more, into
hole. Tomorrow greetings from the
orth will be sent to the south and the (