What does matter is that these splendid soldiers are all Americans; that they are our heroes; that our blood runs in their veins; that the flag under which we live is the flag for which they have fought, for which some of them have died.
From an address on national character and duty, this passage emphasizes the unifying American identity of soldiers.
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Therefore I hope that so far as possible the people may be given the chance, through direct primaries, to express their preference as to who shall be the nominee of the Republican Presidential Convention.
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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