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Truth Travels Down From The Heights Of Philosophy To The Humblest Walks Of Life, And Up From The Simplest Perceptions Of An Awakened Intellect To The Discoveries Which Almost Change The Face Of The World. At Every Stage Of Its Progress It Is Genial, Luminous, Creative.

God Bless The Union; - It Is Dearer To Us For The Blood Of Brave Men Which Has Been Shed In Its Defence.

I Should Be Glad If I Could Flatter Myself That I Came As Near The Central Idea Of The Occasion, In Two Hours, As You Did In Two Minutes.

It Was Appointed By Law In Athens, That The Obsequies Of The Citizens Who Fell In Battle Should Be Performed At The Public Expense, And In The Most Honorable Manner.

We Are Blessed With A Faith, Which Calls Into Action The Whole Intellectual Man; Which Prescribes A Reasonable Service; Which Challenges The Investigation Of Its Evidences; And Which, In The Doctrine Of Immortality, Invests The Mind Of Man With A Portion Of The Dignity Of Divine Intelligence.