They bowed before the bier of him who had ben prophet, priest, and king to his people, who had struck the shackles from the slave, who had taught a higher sense of duty to the true man, who had raised the Nation to a loftier conception of faith and hope and charity.
Blaine pays tribute to the President's multifaceted role and impact on the nation and its people.
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Crises often arise in the conduct of National affairs when cherished opinions must be sacrificed and new departures taken.
The two schools in short marked the dividing line between the radical and the conservative.
Observing men in the loyal States regarded such a policy not only as weak and maudlin, but as utterly insufficient and assuredly dangerous to the future safety of the Government.
If you are not ready to be the Moses of an oppressed people, do not become their Pharaoh.
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