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AT FITCHBURG, MASS., SEPTEMBER 2, 1902 



Mr. Mayor, and you, my Fellow-Citisens: 



There are two or three things that I should like 

 to say to this audience, but before beginning what 

 I have to say on some of the problems of the day, 

 I wish to thank for their greeting, not only all of you, 

 my fellow-citizens here, but particularly the men of 

 the great war, and second only to them my comrades 

 of a lesser war, where, I hope, we showed that we 

 were anxious to do our duty, as you had done yours, 

 only the need did not come to us. 



We have great problems before us as a nation. I 

 will not try to discuss them at length with you to 

 day, but I can speak a word as to the manner in 

 which they must be met if they are to be met suc 

 cessfully. All great works, though they differ in 

 the method of doing them, must be Solved by sub 

 stantially the same qualities. You who upheld the 

 arms of Lincoln, who followed the sword of Grant, 

 were able to do your duty not because you found 

 some patent device for doing it, but by going down 

 to the bedrock principles which had made good sol 

 diers since the world began. 



There was no method possible to devise which 

 would have spared you from heart-breaking fatigue 

 on the marches, from hardships at night, from dan 

 ger in battle. The only way to overcome those dif 

 ficulties and dangers was by drawing on every ounce 

 of hardihood, of courage, of loyalty, and of iron 

 resolution. That is how you had to win out. You 



