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many disappointments. the measure
less sacrifices and the INDISPENSABLE
sorrows
He felt the Assurance Of the nation
preserved and yet tho one sweeping
utterance from his great heart was
let us have peace
Many years later. when his life
a ebbing and no struggled to the
end Of his memoirs, all the American
people knew Of his brave fight and
the inevitable outcom and the man
OF magnnnimity found himself the re-
cipient OF a genuinely nationwide
sympathy.
He saw union follow dsunion. hut
IL was not his to live to see complete
concord where discord had flourished.
1 wish no somehow might know that
in the moro than n third of n century
since his ono and only surrender. the
~indissoluble ties OF union have been
more firmly riveted and in the shared
burdens and triumphs of American
progress. we have indeed continued
with peace at home, Geographical
sectionallsm is only a memory now,
and Mason and Dixon's line remains
only a historical record. where an am
bigulty in the federal constitution was
wiped out and h nation resumed the
onward march on its destined a
Seemingly. 1t was a long time in
which to re-estabiish a concord 5 o
manifestly essential to the nations
greater achievements, but tho under
standing OF the magnificent Lee was
not universal throughout the south.
the magnaniruity OF Grant was nc
manifest . throughout the north.
Wounds had TO be healed, and parti-'
san politics Temporarily protted mor
In Irritation thai in healing. But h
war with Spain -consecrated north and
south to a common cause. and the
sacrifice and nationwide service in
the world war revealed the common
attention sought.
1T do not mean TO say that every
where In our land we r all in com
p!ete accord about fundamentals OF
government, or the basic principles
upon which society is founded. But
tho sectionalism OF Grants and Lees
time has been effaced and the geo
graphical divisions which hindered
the formation of the union and later
threatened its disruption, ave given
way to the far less menacing divis-
ions which ave challenged all civil
ization, and which make the ferment
out OF which all progress comes. We
arc today ~incontestably one people,
with a common purpose. universal
pride. nationwide confidence. and
one flag. The contentious which be-
set us are not ours alone, they are
the i~rritants TO civilization through
out the world. They are not to be
ignored, but they have never halted
the human ~progressions and will not
hinder the progress of this firmly
founded republic.
Grant was himself the supreme
example of American opportunity,
Standing before his humble birth
place. amid the surroundings OF his
obscure boyhood life. on doubts II
three-quarters OF a century ago any
one should have sought here for the
military chieftain of a century. We
have not a few. wen today. who
think small town vision to be pitIfully
circumscribed. And yet this little Cler.
mont county furnished in Ulysses S.
Grant and Henry C. Corbin two OF the
thirteen lieutenant generals who have
been commanders in all our history.
Grant had even less OF Likelihood
to eminence than his unpromising
and ~unprophetic beginning. There
was tho suggestion OF mediocrity in
his development and even the stead.
fastness of his early manhood was
stamped with failure. Bol there was
tho inheritance Of quality. and he
dwclt and grew rugged In the freedom
ot Democracy.
Even the reckoning opportunity
Of war left him seemingly u~nfavored
by fate. Politically he was out OF ac-
cord with the master martyr. who be
came his commander-in-chief. But
he believed in union and the nation
supreme He brought to the armed
service preparedness to command.
s~turdiness of purpose, patience, and
forbearance, great generosity OF soul,
and a confidence never to be shaken.
The seizure Of opportunity. more to
serve thar to achieve made him vic
tor and the quiet man. CARRIED in
failure at Galena, marched to the sur
passing heights OF military glory. All
conquering in command and magnan-
'imous in his triunph, the world saw
tho soldier and tile man, the soldier
adored and the man beloved.
''other military leaders hitherto had
mounted to lofty heights in the an
nails of human history. 1t is use.
less TO compare. but it is befitting TO
recall that General Grant was not
making conquest of territory or OK.
napdinp~ emnire. He WAS only seeking.
to preserve. He did not fight to q
slave: he only battled to sustain Lin
coin. whom God inspired to bestow
] freedom. lie did not seek to punish
or destroy; he was fighting to a V
and reunite. In his heart were nc
drastic terms Of surrender: he craved
the blessings of peace restored.
Many an incident OF the war
! many a revelation of his sturdy char