Excerpt from Oration Pronounced by the Honorable Robert C. Winthrop: Speaker of the House One tribute to his memory is left to be rendered. One monument remains to be reared. A monument which shall bespeak the gratitude, not of states, or of cities, or of governments; not of separate communities, or of official bodies; but of the people, the whole people of the nation; a National Monument, erected by the citizens of the United States of America. Of such a monument we have come to lay the corner stone here and now. On this ...
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Excerpt from Oration Pronounced by the Honorable Robert C. Winthrop: Speaker of the House One tribute to his memory is left to be rendered. One monument remains to be reared. A monument which shall bespeak the gratitude, not of states, or of cities, or of governments; not of separate communities, or of official bodies; but of the people, the whole people of the nation; a National Monument, erected by the citizens of the United States of America. Of such a monument we have come to lay the corner stone here and now. On this day, on this spot, in this pre sence, and at this precise epoch in the history of our country and of the world, we are about to commence this crowning work of commemoration. The day, the place, the witnesses, the period in the world's history and in our own history, all, all are most appropriate to the occasion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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