446 Presidential Addresses 



Abraham Lincoln by so conducting ourselves, by 

 so carrying ourselves as citizens of this Republic, 

 that we shall hand on undiminished to our children 

 and our children's children the heritage we received 

 from the men who upheld the statesmanship of 

 Lincoln in the council, who made good the soldier- 

 ship of Grant in the field. 



AT THE LINCOLN MONUMENT, SPRINGFIELD, 

 ILL., JUNE 4, 1903 



It is a good thing that the guard around the 

 tomb of Lincoln should be composed of colored sol- 

 diers. It was my own good fortune at Santiago 

 to serve beside colored troops. A man who is good 

 enough to shed his blood for the country is good 

 enough to be given a square deal afterward. More 

 than that no man is entitled to, and less than that 

 no man shall have. 



AT THE CONSECRATION OF GRACE MEMO- 

 RIAL REFORMED CHURCH, WASHINGTON, 

 D. C, JUNE 7, 1903 



I shall ask your attention to three lines of the 

 Dedication Canticle: "Serve the Lord with glad- 

 ness: enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and 

 into His courts with praise. Who shall ascend into 

 the hill of the Lord ? or who shall stand in His holy 

 place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; 

 who hath not lifted up his soul with vanity, nor 

 sworn deceitfully." 



Better lines could surely not be brought into any 



