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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



Science also mourns the death of the President of the Nation. We have 

 lost a good man, representing the sterling qualities of the people. We honor a 

 man who became great when brought face to face with circumstance. McKinley 

 stands with Washington and with Lincoln. He who founded the Nation, 

 he who preserved it, and he who gave it leadership, rank apart from those who 

 lacked opportunity. The diseased brain of an assassin can not alter the course 

 of history. When our leader falls, another is ready to take his place. But we 

 do not forget him over whose body we advance. He is not ill-starred in his 

 death who is honored and loved and mourned by a Nation. 



