"Every earnest and zealous believer, every man or woman who is a doer of the word and not a hearer only, is a lifelong missionary in his or her field of labor—a missionary by precept, and, by what counts a thousand fold more than precept, by practice."
"Without the work that you did the work of the men who fought the Revolution to a successful close would have meant nothing."
"The loyalty that counts is the loyalty which shows itself in deeds rather than in words."
"Doing the duty well is what counts."
"The man who builds up is greater than he who tears down."
"Nothing more need be said than has been said already by those who have addressed you this afternoon."
"It is indeed appropriate that the Methodists of America—the men belonging to that religious organization which furnished the pioneers in carving out of the West what is now the heart of the great Amer..."
"It is indeed appropriate that the Methodists of America...should found this great university in the city of Washington."
"I thank you for having given me the opportunity this afternoon to come before you and to lay the corner-stone of this building."
"I have directed the departments of the Treasury, of War, and of the Navy to take such measures for the relief of these stricken people as lies within the Executive discretion."
"It is hereby ordered that such employees of the Executive Departments, the Government Printing Office, and the Navy Yard and Station at Washington, D.C., as served in the Military or Navy service of t..."