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    unhappily, i possess neither that eloquence of diction, that poetry of imagi nation, nor that brilliance of metaphor to tell you all that they mean. the unbe lievers an, but a flamboyant phrase. ever y pedant, every demagogue, every cynic, every hypocrite, every troublemaker, and  i am sorry to say, some others of an entirely different character, rade them even to the extent of mockery and ridicule.

    but these are some of the things they do. they build your basic character. t hey mold you for your future roles as the custodians of the nation's defense. th ey make you strong enough to knoh to face yo urself  in honest f ailure, but humble and gentle in success; not to substitute e; to learn to stand up in the storm but to have compassion on those oal that is high; to learn to laugh, yet never forget holect the past; to be serious yet never  to take yourself too seriously; to be modest so that you reatness, the open mind of true th. they give you a temper of the ination, a vigor  of the emotions, a freshness of the deep springs of life, a temperamental predom inance of courage over timidity, of an appetite for adventure over love of ease.  they create in your heart the sense of  hope of entleman.

    and o, and has never changed. i regarded him then as  i regard him noures, not only as one of t he finest military characters, but also as one of the most stainless. his name a nd fame are the birthright of every american citizen. in his youth and strength,  his love and loyalty, he gave all that mortality can give.

    he needs no eulogy from me or from any other man. he has e under fire, and of his modesty in victory, i  am filled s to h istory as furnishing one of the greatest examples of successful patriotism. he b elongs to posterity as the instructor of future generations in the principles of  liberty and freedom. he belongs to the present, to us, by his virtues and by hi s achievements. in 20 campaigns, on a hundred battlefields, around a thousand ca mpfires, i have  fortitude, that patriotic self?abnegati on, and that invincible determination e.</p>

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