I am sure that you would be pleased if you could hear the applause that greets, in any audience in the North, any allusion to the valor, the self-devotion, the fealty to right as God gave them to see the right, of the men who wore the gray in the great contest forty years ago.
Roosevelt acknowledges the valor and dedication of Civil War soldiers, regardless of their allegiance, highlighting their honor.
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