. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg : ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major General George G. Meade, Major General Winfield S. Hancock, Major General John F. Reynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . aternal greetings. At such a timeand place as this, how inadequate is language to frame our thoughts, orgive expression to the emotions of our hearts. This monument, which we to-day dedicate, though beautiful in its pro-portions and workmanship, is of little intrinsic value, but who can esti-mate wh
. Pennsylvania at Gettysburg : ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major General George G. Meade, Major General Winfield S. Hancock, Major General John F. Reynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle . aternal greetings. At such a timeand place as this, how inadequate is language to frame our thoughts, orgive expression to the emotions of our hearts. This monument, which we to-day dedicate, though beautiful in its pro-portions and workmanship, is of little intrinsic value, but who can esti-mate what it cost to lay the foundations for its erection. As we lookupon it we see and read much more than the simple and appropriateinscriptions it bears. It represents great sacrifices—sacrifices so greatthat they cannot be computed—sacrifices, the cost of which lies outsidethe domain of any aridmietic. It represents the scattered graves of ourcomrades who died in defense of their country. As we stand here ourmemories are quickened and our vision enlarged, so that we look backthrough the intervening years, as if it were but yesterday, when we partedcompany forever with our comrades, who, on the field of battle, paid thefull nuasure of their devotion with their lives. We have grown old since. BIEN a CO. NEW YOR Pennsylvania at Gettysburg. 241 then, but their faces are unchanged. Many of them sleep in unknowngraves that loving feet have never yet been able to find, but they are notforgotten, and as we look upon this polished shaft, we can, underneath itsshining surface, read the names of every one. True men they fell; and faithful to the last. Though overpowered by death, yet still in death unconquered, Forever sacred be their memories, And imperishable, their heroic names. History records no sacrifices more sublime than that of the dead of thevolunteer armies of the United States, and this monument will bear per-petual testimony to their devotion to a cause which they loved bett
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