We have been blessed by abundant harvests; our trade and commerce have wonderfully increased; our public credit has been improved and strengthened; all sections of our common count...
In an age of expositions they have added yet another magnificent example.
We have avoided the temptations of conquest in the spirit of gain.
No deliberation can be too mature, or self-control too constant, in this solemn hour of our history.
One of the great laws of life is progress.
Who will dim the splendor of their achievements!
We never enter upon a war until every effort for peace without it has been exhausted.
The problems will not be solved in a day.
Peace, with whose blessings we have been so singularly favored, is the national desire and the goal of every American aspiration.
Right action follows right purpose.
I put upon you no limit to the scope of your investigation.