Adlai Stevenson: “The untrodden prairies of three-quarters of a century ago, as if touched by the wand of magic, have become splendid…”

In the advocacy, however, of what he believed to be for the public weal, 'he took counsel ever of his courage, never of his fears.' That he possessed the ability to have acquitted himself with honor in responsible positions of public…

What page in our history tells of deeds so fraught with blessings to the generations of men as the discovery of America?

Judgment and prudence should be mixed in equal parts with love and affection in the transaction, to secure a lasting and happy union.

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.