. 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 . rsonal might the Lydian monarch be astonished at this reply of the manwhose laws have made his name immortal, for it was the germ of theprinciple which makes republics great and powerful. The answer of Solonwas an assurance that patriotism elevates and dignifies the poorest citizenof a St
. 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 . rsonal might the Lydian monarch be astonished at this reply of the manwhose laws have made his name immortal, for it was the germ of theprinciple which makes republics great and powerful. The answer of Solonwas an assurance that patriotism elevates and dignifies the poorest citizenof a State or Nation and ennobles him above the rank of kings andexalts even ordinary virtue when displayed in the service of ones the sainted Lincoln had been asked the question at the time he de-livered his matchless oration at the dedication of the national monumentin National Cemetery at Gettysburg, on whose monument should be carvedthe inscription, He won the first glory on the battle-field of Gettysburg,and by so doing was made the happiest man in the republic? he Avouldhave replied Sergeant George W. Sandoe; because he died fighting at thevery beginning of a victorious battle before which the battles of Alex-andei, Hannibal, of Caesar and of Napoleon pale their ineffectual print: JULIUS BIEN THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX ANDTILDEN FOUNDATIONS. Pennsi/liania at (htlijuhun/. 927 wlieiviu lier rij^lits liad been asserted and lier freedom assured, to whichresult he had greatly contributed by his personal valor. This is not a neAv or strange thing we are doing here to-day. Throughall time in every nation, saAago and refined, the memory of the patrioticdead has been fondly cherished. Pyramids were built for the tomb ofkings, triumphal arches preserved the fame of warrior chiefs. Athensfounded her famons Ceramicus the most beautiful of all cemeteries, andcrowded its magnificent and hallowed groves with altars and temples,fountains and flowers,
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