The log cabin Democrat., 1921-11-11
HARDING SETS
 US. 10 SERVE
 WHOLE WORLD
tBy the Associated Press)

President Harding, committing the remains of Amerca's unknown soldier to the soil of this cemetery, pledged America anew to world advancement, and extolled the high spirit and re- olve which actuated all Americans en- tering the supreme conflict.
 America's loftiest tribute to the dead, Mir. Harding declared, "is the commitment of this republic to an ad- vancement never made before. If American achievement IS a cherished pride at home, if our unselfishness among nations is all we wish it to be, and ours is helpful example in the world, then let us give of our in- fluence and strength, yea of our aspirations and convictions, to put mankind on a little higher plane, ex- ulting and exalting, with wars de- pressing and distressing tragedies bar red forever from the stage of right eous civilization"
 1 In full, the text of the presidents address is as follows:
 MT. Secretary of War and Ladies and Gentlemen:-We are met today to pay the impersonal tribute. The name of him whose body lies before us took flight with his imperishable soul. We know not whence he came. ut only that his death marks him with the everlasting glory of an American dying for his country.
 He might have come from any one of millions of American homes. Some mother gave him in her love and tenderness, and with him her most cherished hopes. Hundreds of moth CTS are wondering today, finding a touch of solace in the possibility that the nation bows in grief over the body of one she bore to live and die, if need be, for the republic. If we give reign to fancy, score of sympathetic chords are touched, for in this body there once glowed the soul of an Amer lcan, with the aspirations and am- bltlons of citizen who cherished life and its opportunities. He may have been native or an adopted son; that matters little, because they glorified the same loyalty, they sacrificed alike.
 We do not know his station in life, because from every station came the patriotic response of the five millions. recall the days of creating armies, and the departing of car1ve's which braved the murderous seas to reach the battle lines for maintained nation ality and preserved civilization. The service flag marked mansion and cot tage alike, and riches were common to all homes in the consciousness of service to country.
 We do not know the eminence of his birth, but we do know the glory of his death. He died for his country, and greater devotion hath no man than this. He died unouestioning. un- complaining, with faith in his heart and hope on his lips, that his country hould triumph and it's civilization sur vlve. As typical soldier of this rep resentative democracy. he fought and died, believing in the indisputable justice of his country's cause. Con- sclous of the worlds upheaval, ap- praising the magnitude of war the like of which had never mortified humanity before, perhaps he believ- ed his to be a service destined to change the tide of human affairs.
 In the death gloom of gas, the bursting of shells and rain of bullets, men face more intimately the great God over all, their souls are aflame. and consciousness expands and hearts are searched. With the din of battle the glow of conflict, and the supreme trial of courage. come involuntarilv the hurried appraisal of life and the contemplation of deaths great mvs- tery. On the threshold of eternity. many soldier. I con wo11 hnliovn wondered how his ebbing blood would color the stream of human life. flow Ing on after his sacrific. His pa- triotlsm was none less if he craved more than triumph of country: rath- CT It was greater if he hoped for a victory for all human kind. In1oed. I revere that citizen whose confidence in the righteousness of his country in splred belief that its triumph is the victory of humanity.
 This American soldier went forth to battle with no hatred for any peo- pie in the world, but hating war and hating the purpose of every war of conquest. He cherished our national rights. and ahhorred the threat of armed domination; and in the mael- strom of destruction and suffering