Adlai Stevenson: “I deprecate war, but if it must come, I am with my country, and for my country, in every contingency, and under all…”

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

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

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…

Bearing in mind that 'that which comes after ever conforms to that which has gone before,' significant events of the past must be known, to the end that we intelligently comprehend the present, and are enabled, even in scant measure, to…