illars of the Revolution fall. Others sensible degrees. May our country support the glorious fabric. commemorate to-day, in the public service and in the quality , were of that never-ending, ession of props, upholding in ity the destiny of the Republic. Washington: haracter was in its mass perfect, in things indifferent. ruth apply those words to these t given to me to eulogize them stand together in the honor , even as they mingled with us are the veteran, who in many received the acclaim and man and the neophyte, who stood at the threshold and was gone. pu gol S me T and or ma ca me sub fro tion his T low reta mor པབས བ -པཡམས ཟས པ ДЛ Pས༦ gold we set the jewel of our remembrance. Said Washington of the reputation of men: The good opinion of honest men, friends of and well-wishers of mankind, wherever they may or happen to reside, is the only kind of reputatio man would ever desire. Of the triumph of principle he said: In times of turbulence, when the passions a calm reason is swallowed up in the extremes t measures are attempted to be carried; but wh subside, and its empire is resumed, the man from principle, who pursues the path of truth, tion, and justice, will regain his influence. Regarding the placing of duty above pop his words were these: Though I prize as I ought the good opinion o low citizens, yet, if I know myself, I would no retain popularity at the expense of one social moral virtue. ded to "uphold the glorious sure ourselves. now the final thought. It is not in eulogy of the honored dead. poor comfort of our sympathy rn in those intimate recesses of ch even the sincerest friendship Always on such occasions the is repeated that words, though f human sympathy, falter and in this hallowed, bicentennial on, to think of those who have ere, in this building where he ne, as being still of his devoted rnal service of our country. à on an occasion of sorrow nd philosophy teach us to submit; that can ameliorate the pangs of its woes. yea сус Sin ari sla kir glo SC of m po TH me wh kn tha aro dist Y yea cycles had passed over it in sunshine and in Since it had come into being, the pyram arisen out of vast dreams of glory and the slaves, and become the sepultures of fo kings. Persia, Babylon, and Greece had glory and decay. The eagles of Ron screamed at the gates of Jerusalem, and of Man had died there on the cross that might have eternal life. The epoch of power had passed like a shadow over the The ancient had given way to the medieva medieval had merged into that more mod when a bold, inspired adventurer breas known oceans and found a new world in that great tree, already grown immeasura arose in silence and majesty, still hidde distant and undiscovered coast. Yet the giant sequoia lived on, and in i years the day came when it, symbol of car but never overthrow. Fire e mark of its passing, but not ecret of its deathless age, and I e place of such sap as flows in on trees the everlasting sequoia self an essence of such power eservative. - Republic. The wisdom of its ce of its institutions; the devoyoung and old; the divinity of not least of all, the service, the ing example of such public men of hallowed memory-all these ence of preservation which, in God, shall forever flow in the - beloved country. colleagues who have gone on 1-in sorrow but with uplifted A sed res ser and mo aw and |