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cated by the men whose deeds made good the words 

 of Abraham Lincoln the soldiers of the Civil War. 

 The word was mighty. Had it not been for the 

 word the deeds could not have taken place; but 

 without the deeds the word would have been the 

 idlest breath. It is forever to the honor of our 

 nation that we brought forth the statesman who, 

 with far-sighted vision, could pierce the clouds that 

 obscured the sight of the keenest of his fellows, 

 could see what the future inevitably held; and 

 moreover that we had back of the statesman and 

 behind him the men to whom it was given to fight 

 in the greatest war ever waged for the good of 

 mankind, for the betterment of the world. 



I have literally but a moment here. I could not 

 resist the chance that was offered me to stop and 

 dedicate this monument, for great though we now 

 regard Abraham Lincoln, -my countrymen, the future 

 will put him on an even higher pinnacle than we 

 have put him. In all history I do not believe that 

 there is to be found an orator whose speeches will 

 last as enduringly as certain of the speeches of Lin- 

 coln; and in all history, with the sole exception of 

 the man who founded this Republic, I do not think 

 there will be found another statesman at once so 

 great and so single-hearted in his devotion to the 

 weal of his people. We can not too highly honor 

 him; and the highest way in which we can honor 

 him is to see that our homage is not only homage 

 of words; that to lip loyalty we join the loyalty 

 of the heart; that we pay honor to the memory of 



