And when were the words, 'fellow-citizens,' of deeper significance as suggestive of a more glorious past then to-day, as we gather upon this hallowed spot to commemorate one of the grandest events of which history has any record?
Stevenson highlights the enduring significance of the term 'fellow-citizens' in American history.
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Life is a narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two eternities.
Not inaptly has hell been described as "disqualification in the face of opportunity.
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.
My countrymen, the little settlement planted just three centuries ago near the spot upon which we have to-day assembled has under divine guidance grown into a mighty nation.