The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-11-11
nation PAYS HOMAGE TO UNKNOWN
O---PRESIDENT DELIVERS EUL0GY

/ Inc service flag marked mansion
and cottage alike and riches were
common to all homes in the con-
|sciousness of service to the country.
We do not know the eminence of
his birth, but we do know the glory
of his death. He died for his coun-
try and greater devotion hath no man
than this. He died unquestiOning,
accomplishing, with faith in his
| heart and hope on his lips, that his
country should triumph and it's civil
zation survive. AS typical soldier
of this representative democracy, he
fought and died, believing in the in
disputable justice of his country's
cause. Conscious of the worlds up
heaval appraising the magnitude of
a war the like of which had never
Mortified humanity before, perhaps he
believed his to be a service destined
to change the tide of human affairs.
On such an occasion as this, amid
such a scene, our thoughts alternate
between the defenders living and the
defenders dead. A grateful republic
will be worthy of them both. Our
I-part is to atone for the losses of
herioc dead by making a better re-
public for the living.
TOday'S ceremonies proclaim that
the hero unknown is not unhOnOred.
We gather him to the nations breast,
within the shadow of the capitol, of
the towering shaft that honors Wash
ington, the great father, and of the
exquisite monument to Lincoln, the
martyred saviour Here the inspira-
tions of yesterday and the conscience
of today forever unite to make the
republic worthy Of his death for flag
and country. Ours are lofty reSolu-
tions today, as with tribute to the
dead we consecrate ourselves to a
better order for the living With all
my heart l wish we might say to the
defenders who survive, to mothers
who sorrow, to widows and children
who mourn, that no such sacrifice
shall be as great again.
I speak not as a pacifist fearing
war, but as one who loves justice and
hates war. I speak as one who be-
lieves the highest function of govern ]
ment is to give it's citizens the Sc
curity of peace, the opportunity to
achieve and the pursuit of happiness. {
The loftiest tribute we can bestow
today the heroically earned tribute ;
fashioned in deliberate conviction,
out of unclouded thought, neither
5hadowed by remorse nor made vain :
by fancies, is the commitment of this
republic to an advancement never
made before. If American achieve
nent is cherished pride at home, II |
our usefulness among nations is all !;
We wish it to be and ours is a help |
ul example in the world, then let us
give of our Influence and strength,
res, of our aspirations and convlc-
lions, to put mankind on a little t
higher plane ,exulting and exalting {
With wars distressing and depressing {
ragedies barred from the stage OF I
ighteous civilization. There have {
,een thousand defenses justly and
made, thousand OF
enseS which reason and righteous ]
less ought to have stayed. Let us
'eseech all men to join us in seeking
he rule under which reason and
righteousness shall prevail.
Standing today on hallowed ground,
onscious that all America has halted
o share in the tribute of heart and
mind and soul to this fellow Ameri
an, and knowing that the world is
loting this expression Of the repub- =
les mindfulness, it is fitting to say !
hat his sacrifice, and that of mil
Ions dead shall. not be.in vain. =
here must be, theuD shall be, the y
ommanding voice of a conscious
utilization against armed warfare. g
AS we return this poor clay to its 2
1other soil, garlanded by love and
overed with the decorations that G
My nations can bestow, I can sense n
he prayers of our people, OF all peo- q
le, that this Armistice day shall n
1ark the beginning of new 1atting
mong men. Let me jofnNs1n that Il
rayer: II
Our Father who are in Heaven, II
hu Tbu n anna Tbv kiDQ6On1 :
ONE, Thy will be done on earth as q
is in Heaven Give us this day our te
ally bread and forgive us our tres 81
aases as we forgive those who tres &c
ass against us And lead us not in :.
, tA1hptation but deliver us from :
7il, for Thine is the kingdom and the !.
over and the glory forever. Amen.
At the conclusion Of his address :
resident Harding placed the con-