From that day to this the men who fought in the great war have inevitably had in them a spirit to which appeal for any lofty cause could be made with the confident knowledge that there would be immediate and eager response.
Roosevelt asserts that Civil War veterans retained a profound civic spirit, making them reliably responsive to appeals for any noble cause.
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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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