"As the American youth for uncounted centuries shall visit the capital of his country—strongest, richest, freest, happ…"

"Your practical statesmanship which disdains to take George Washington and Abraham Lincoln or the soldiers of the Revo…"

"Your practical statesmanship has succeeded in converting a people who three years ago were ready to kiss the hem of t…"

"The men who do the work of piety and charity in our churches, the men who administer our school system, the men who o…"

"He embodied all the virtues of the classic New Englander and few of the vices. His loyalty was granite-ribbed; he rev…"

"I have certainly never known anyone for whom life at seventy was more joyous and full. He hated weakness, as well as …"

"... this was the Senator on a vacation, the Senator of our Sunday morning's breakfast. Take him when public affairs w…"

"Aye, think! Since time and life began, Your mind has only feared and slept; Of all the beasts they called you man Onl…"

"For him delicious flavors dwell In books as in old Muscatel."

"And in the evening, everywhere Along the roadside, up and down, I see the golden torches flare Like lighted street-la…"