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all the glories of that terrible conflict which made 

 all men free and retained every star on the nation's 

 flag." That is a good sentiment. That is a senti 

 ment by which we can all stand. And oh, my 

 friends ! what does that sentiment have as its under 

 lying spirit ? The spirit of brotherhood ! 



I firmly believe in my countrymen, and therefore 

 I believe that the chief thing necessary in order that 

 they shall work together is that they shall know 

 one another that the Northerner shall know the 

 Southerner, and the man of one occupation know the 

 man of another occupation ; the man who works in 

 one walk of life know the man who works in an 

 other walk of life, so that we may realize that the 

 things which divide us are superficial, are unim 

 portant, and that we are, and must ever be, knit 

 together into one indissoluble mass by our common 

 American brotherhood. 



AT DANVILLE, VA., SEPTEMBER 9, 1902 



My Fellow-Citizens: 



I did not expect to have the chance of speaking to 

 any of you of Virginia on this trip. I only wish it 

 had been my good fortune to be able to go through 

 your grand and beautiful historic State by daylight. 

 But you have not escaped me, gentlemen ; I am going 

 to come again. 



Yesterday and to-day I spent in Tennessee and 

 North Carolina. I have enjoyed much those two 

 days. It is a good thing for any American, and it 



