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Succeed ? Of course we shall succeed ! How can 

 success fail to come to a race of masterful energy 

 and resoluteness, which has a continent for the base 

 of its domain, and which feels within its veins the 

 thrill that comes to generous souls when their 

 strength stirs in them, and they know that the future 

 is theirs? No great destiny ever yet came to a 

 people walking with their eyes on the ground and 

 their faces shrouded in gloom. No great destiny 

 ever yet came to a people who feared the future, 

 who feared failure more than they hoped for suc 

 cess. With such as these we have no part. We 

 know there are Hangers ahead, as we know there 

 are evils to fight and overcome, but we feel to the 

 full the pulse of the prosperity which we enjoy. 

 Stout of heart, we see across the dangers the great 

 future that lies beyond, and we rejoice as a giant 

 refreshed, as a strong man girt for the race; and 

 we go down into the arena where the nations strive 

 for mastery, our hearts lifted with the faith that 

 to us and to our children and our children's children 

 it shall be given to make this Republic the mightiest 

 among the peoples of mankind. 



AT LOGANSPORT, IND., SEPTEMBER 23, 1902 



Pellow-Ci tisens : 



I am going to ask you to take what I say at its 

 exact face value, as I like whatever I say to be 

 taken. It is suggested by coming to this great 

 Western State and speaking to one of its thriving 



