equal sincerity and emphasis: “We are immeasur- 
ably glad that Mr. Choate is our founder, trustee 
and friend.” 
His last days were full of vivid personal enjoy- 
ment because of his opportunity to use his eloquence 
and argument to give all that was in his power to 
the two causes nearest his heart: the new desire of 
his vigorous patriotism for the entrance of America 
into the war on the side of the Allies, and his ever- 
abiding desire as a diplomat for a closer union of 
England and France with his home country. 
One of his last and most eloquent and patriotic 
utterances may be quoted: 
“If we only teach our children patriotism as the first 
duty and loyalty as the first virtue, America will be 
safe in the future as she has been in the past. .. . We 
can always be sure of fleets and armies enough. But 
shall we always have a Grant to lead the one, and a 
Farragut to inspire the other? Yes, on this one con- 
dition, that every American child learns from his 
cradle that his first and last duty is to his country, that 
to live for her is honor, and to die for her 1s glory.” 
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