ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT. XLVIE 
that this empire has been acquired by men who knew their duty 
and had the courage to do it, who in the hour of conflict had the 
fear of dishonor always present to them, and who, if ever they failed 
in an enterprise, would not allow their virtues to be lost to their 
country, but freely gave their lives to her as the fairest offering 
which they could present at her feast. The sacrifice which they 
collectively made was individually repaid to them; for they received 
again each one for himself a praise which grows not old, and the 
noblest of all sepulchres—I speak not of that in which their remains 
are laid, but of that in which their glory survives, and is proclaimed 
always and on every fitting occasion both in word and deed. For 
the whole earth is the sepulchre of famous men; not only are they 
commemorated by columns and inscriptions in their own country, 
but in foreign lands there dwells also an unwritten memorial of 
them, graven not on stone but in the hearts of men.” 
