Yet if every Republican were to-day to fall in his place, as William McKinley has fallen, I believe our countrymen of the other party, in spite of what we deem their errors, would take the Republic and bear on the flag to liberty and glory.
Hoar suggests that even in tragedy, the spirit of the nation would endure and thrive.
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The honor and good fame of our beloved State is far above any question of party.
Edward Everett preached a sermon when he was twenty-four years old before a large audience in the Representatives Chamber at Washington which was heard with breathless silence.
He would undoubtedly have taken a very high place in the public and official life of his generation if he had found himself in accord with either of the great political parties.
A complete system of education at the National charge was an essential element of the reconstruction policy.
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