<i all the influences, the help of every voice, tin com 

 niendation of nation and state that has been the 

 strength and inspiration of every worthy work on 

 American soil for 120 years. We return, for our gath 

 cring in council and for our plan of action for the 

 future, to the model given us by the fathers. State 

 and nation are represented here, without jealousy or 

 any ambition of superiority on either side, to apply to 

 tin- consideration of our future such co-operation as 

 that out of which this nation was born and by which it 

 has won to worthy manhood. Reviving the spirit of 

 the days that created our Constitution, the days that 

 carried us through civil conflict, the spirit by which all 

 our enduring work in the world has been wrought, tak- 

 ing thought as Washington and Lincoln took thought, 

 only for the highest good of all the people, we may, as 

 a result of the deliberations held and the conclusion 

 reached here to-day, give new meaning to our future ; 

 new lustre to the ideal of a republic of living federated 

 states; shape anew the fortunes of this country, and 

 enlarge the borders of hope for all mankind. 



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