10/12/1909
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"These ceremonies are not for the benefit of the dead."
"I shall not stop to discuss whether it might have been possible to accomplish the same great reform by milder methods."
"Let us leave this beautiful city of the national dead, therefore, with the deepest gratitude to the men whose valorous deeds we celebrate."
"We have made great progress, almost within our own memory, in such ideals."