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did this they have won such proud joy as it has 

 fallen to the lot of no other men to win, and have 

 written their names for evermore on the golden hon- 

 or roll of the Nation. As it is with the soldier, so 

 it is with the civilian. To win success in the busi- 

 ness world, to become a first-class mechanic, a suc- 

 cessful farmer, an able lawyer or doctor, means that 

 the man has devoted his best energy and power 

 through long years to the achievement of his ends. 

 So it is in the life of the family, upon which in 

 the last analysis the whole welfare of the Nation 

 rests. The man or woman who as bread-winner 

 and home-maker, or as wife and mother, has done 

 all that he or she can do, patiently and uncom- 

 plainingly, is to be honored; and is to be envied 

 by all those who have never had the good fortune 

 to feel the need and duty of doing such work. The 

 woman who has borne, and who has reared as they 

 should be reared, a family of children, has in the 

 most emphatic manner deserved well of the Repub- 

 lic. Her burden has been heavy, and she has been 

 able to bear it worthily only by the possession of 

 resolution, of good sense, of conscience, and of un- 

 selfishness. But if she has borne it well, then to 

 her shall come the supreme blessing, for in the 

 words of the oldest and greatest of books, "Her 

 children shall rise up and call her blessed;" and 

 among the benefactors of the land her place must 

 be with those who have done the best and the hard- 

 est work, whether as law-givers or as soldiers, 

 whether in public or private life. 



