Adlai Stevenson: “Upon nobler men and women the sun in all his course hath nowhere looked down.”

Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible and, by attempting, prove that one with God can chase a thousand and two can put ten thousand to flight.

From the establishment of the Government the question of human slavery was the one perilous question,--the one constant menace to national unity, until its final extinction amid the flames of war.

Looking back through the long vista of years, it is my honest belief that such singing as his, at home or abroad, I have never heard.

Touched by his magic wand, millions of trees now beautify and adorn this magnificent State.