Adlai Stevenson: “The obligation of America to Ireland for men who have aided in fighting her battles and framing her laws cannot be…”

We make progress in proportion as we wisely ponder significant events.

Illinois, in all that constitutes true grandeur in a people, knows no superior among the great sisterhood of States.

Inseparably linked with that portion of its history are names that will live with those of the Cabots and Columbus.

As one standing, alas, 'upon the western slope,' let me adjure the young men of this magnificent county--my home for more than half a century--to study thoroughly the history of our own State, and of the grand republic of which it is a…