Fellow-Citizens: We stand to-day upon an eminence which overlooks a hundred years of national life - a century crowded with perils, but crowned with the triumphs of liberty and law. Before continuing the onward march let us pause on this height for a moment to strengthen our faith and renew our hope by a glance at the pathway along which our people have traveled.

He has shown himself able to meet with calmness the great emergencies of the government. For twenty-five years he has trodden the perilous heights of public du…

The colonists were struggling not only against the armies of a great nation, but against the settled opinions of mankind; for the world did not then believe th…

We want a man whose life and opinions embody all the achievements of which I have spoken. We want a man who, standing on a mountain height, traces the victorio…

'I know it's difficult to forget the past but I urge everyone here today to try and move the country forward.'

There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past.

I've never regretted I was born too soon. I'm proud to be a child of the twentieth century. I'm satisfied to join its ranks on our side and fight for a new wor…