I congratulate you that it is your good fortune to be engaged in erecting a memorial to the great man who was equal to the great days—to the man and the men who showed by their lives that they were indeed doers of the word and not hearers only.
Roosevelt congratulates those involved in honoring a great man, emphasizing the importance of action over mere words.
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I speak of the men of the past partly that they may be honored by our praise of them, but more that they may serve as examples for the future.
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