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Show aEOnaE WASHINGTON Ffrit tn War First In Peace and flnt n the Hearts of His Countrymen. THE SPIRIX OF '75 ! nnei s um n, H nppioarh U Ihe I -vv I iinnhiiwiit of WusMn I H I Ion tilrlh'U) It U'lineiri I I u all lo he cr) groWU B"1-" to (jod an I the reoluif I S I '"' '"""'" '"r lllp n!f91 Jt I which the gaio to ui ky i tfi? i ii w,n "iu "ian tv i i I l,IH' "ot ,me ll1 C0UIfr J I) B It has Us faults II I pi I It no better thanftl' mJ2mJ best man who lives I if J, bikU til" ,)01 maU- llvos'ln-'lt. fs separated by n 'eW luucu from the angels of hiiiea, tie writings and orations tliai would it us beyond rrltlrlsm ixploh sfslait some very hard farts and ! i out oorn the air a great deal of illMii'-ss Oor politics are not so absoluti h part t n seraph s wing could grure Htm without contamination Onr ldat ot greatness aniliKlor) an I urn t lia Srouiid than they ouiht to I.. Our reverence for the (.airedatatof law that should be as flrmlt fiialln our national conscience an I'lke's rtkk Is tlrmh fixed In the anil it rulongt) Is not beyoud the rat II and rnmpUlst of those who study the foumUMoaitf our Institutions Itut 4 one thing we are mtiusM and that la that the vlrlum ol say country ot-r balance Its faults There are more aim. Ih than dtvgs among us The devils nre ninkluu lie sM iidlnii, but the angclii i doing tke most work The muii who belltfj that righteousness Is timing Its grip upon this nation Is a woefulh aU lakeu man I heard a speiker tM other day who proclaimed tliul e set falling fmm bad lo worst unl from worse lo worst We do not lielleve him We bellete that we are rlalng from goo.1 to bolter and from Ih it. r m n,, One ot the chief roots of our patriot mil is graiiiuuo, me M"lllmlMn of an Imniente debt to those who hauled about the cradle of our national K. Istenre unit won our freednin and In-dependeuro In-dependeuro at the points of their swords. a Here we are because the men of '75 put us here Here we stay Iwrause tho spirit of '76 has kept us here Stormy Atlantic, mild I'aelhY sleep. Ing lakes, waving forests triomwd eil mountains, gold mine nnd tlhr mine, storms out ot whoso icnipvat drheu hearts have tint lured tin, whit, feathered birds ot pearu flert tup. tltins through whose Hauler. lav( crept forth tho evangels, gave everlasting ever-lasting covenant When w think of these things, when we stand upon the I mount of vision and the splmdnr of our country breaks uimn our t- n w hen the song ot the reapi rs nmei I up to us, whon wc hear the hum of liuliitlry thrilling along the ground j when we see the gleaming rivers curving and winding like silver threads through vast gardi us what account ot ourselves shall we give to ourselves If we take not the cim nf pialee aud thanksgiving In our hands aud latur It out to the heroes whose1 patience, faith aud courage ushered In thu dawu of our apleudld prosper I ity They were fighting or the futurt. for the rountry that was coming So ! are we fighting for Ibe future for the country that Is coming As we look Into, the faces of our little children we cannot feel that for ua the battle It ended We have won a country for ourselves. Hut we mutt win a country for them j Wl love of ronnirv unl love of clilldnc mo hi nh th. ambl I ti m to wn ii better country for them Homo and patriotism ar linked to-gelhei to-gelhei Tin children will help to make the nation Hut thu nntlon will help lo make (hone children That tittle dimpled cheek will not allow you to take olt )our uniform for a single day You mint build bin home. You must light for his Inheritance. You must put your life Into tho moving nnd inrclilng forces of rlglitcotitncsa Hint bib trylJX to win vlotorle-.for hlni The next generiillon will live In tho eountn which this generation In mak Ing for It Viiil each one of us Is help Ing lo make It Ml of u nro nation builders Hvor time we rust it lial lot fur an unclean olllce seeker wo nru committing an outrage upotr the fu tur Patriotism can never be selfish II can never be bound up and toped round In IU own plea-urea and com fort. It can novet stand still, looking backwards It can never content Itself with aklng a noise In Washington's furewell address we see the pni)r of a great noul I mbrgclng n nation's potlerlt). Tho I pen that wrote Ihe ciiiinclpullon I proalarpatlon wits tniclng on the puper j a h "art's deeltv for n long procession ot cenlurles And out' of this love of rpiintry and this guardl inshlri of our children will gome the patriotism of service. The Itoninn soldier cried out "It Is beautiful to die for onus country" Our country does not want nn)bndy to die for It now hut It docs want nil the multitude of Its people to live for It. to do their big best or their llttlo best to serve Its highest nnd noblest In Wilts, and pass It along to tho futuru rh-fliid purified sweet to thu heart and sound to the core |