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Show H "' "'' -' ' -III ,,,.,..,,,, ,, , , , . . , .. H XIIELBieKStB SUIOIliT LNiTJimWORI;!). m Without doubt, the-bigHM-t. story in the world is M t,as ftcic JBpaBtrtif tfeat reunion. efL old soldiers, blue Hj ajXd gwiV at -Gattysburgw during that first week of H uly, ninoteen-thlrtaen. And -he-most impressive H incident. is, a. nepstUdoiu a -ther ehargo. ofi Pickett's Hj ' brigade. Thane lsn,-thln that never can. bo- re- H tyftated. Nothing-of like-, nattuca has even before IH hgon raoraL' iic tha annate of this old world's H history. Iji 'sfcefcythrao- Ui . rebel' charged up H tout hill tbrfrtmir a .decimating- flee oft antlllary and- HH musketry, and. a fw: ofr thear .pierced-, the Union H If and- diadt the... In 'nlnetaey-thirteen- those H Yi-tfr wererJeCta eo the- oonfadattemmarohedi up tho H UUl JglHfr-.aili vtfsns- no4. wibhr the lovingr arms- of 9 their fscmeir fjae Tmmm rmakfroRV the eyes M tjml fias)MMM th- tia& .ofi enity fiftgr years ago. H Abhsb e brathoBs wr wmnt&. ablaut the- necks M of bmkKi Jmmafuti in this last cellieion, and there In that huddle of heroes who had proved their patriotism, their forth In tho cttus6 they believed be-lieved to be right whether it caused them to wear . tho blue of clad their forms in the general gray was clinched forever tho re-uniting of all the sections sec-tions in this broad land. General Mann of Virginia said in his speech: "If we had known each other then as Ave know each other now, there never could have been a war between the men of the north and tho men of the south." And that must bo tho everlasting truth. They didn't know each other. It took Gettysburg, Get-tysburg, and Chlcamauga, and Richmond and Appomattox to lay the foundation for their later understanding of each other, and of tho big principles prin-ciples behind every conflict which engages men. But, with the fateful lack of understanding, it took fifty years to work that .transformation from bayonets bay-onets to hand clasp; that miracle of replacing of love for hate. General Sickles speech was a notable incident, because It was the utterance of one who gave a pnrt of his body in the cause of tho nation, and who lived to limp forward and grasp the hands of the men who maimed him. And that standing at attention for five minute on tho fiftieth anniversary of tho third day's battle, bat-tle, thinking of tho dead who had dlod in their faith, while the big flag stood nt half mast, was the symbol which marks the passing of all antipathies, antipa-thies, and gives a new and permanent life to the nation. Taken altogether, the report of that reunion is the biggest story in the world. |