Lee's Centennial; An Address By Charles Francis Adams
Lee's Centennial; An Address By Charles Francis Adams
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All should unite in honest eflForts to obliterate the effects of war, and to restore the blessings of peace. They should remain if possible in the country; promote harmony and good feeling; qualify themselves to vote, and elect to the State and general legislatures wise and patri- otic men, who will devote their abilities to the healing of all dissensions. I have,'* he added, "invariably recommended this course since the cessation of hostilities, and have en- deavored to practice it myself." He...re was a complete exposition of duty, combined with abnegation of self; the purest patriotism, it was also the conceijtrated essence of states- manship. He counselled with a wisdom not less profound because unconscious; and what he said evinced that underlying common sense which in politics avails more than genius.
Five years of life and active usefulness yet remained to General Lee — years in my judg- ment most creditable to himself, the most use- ful to his country of his whole life; for, during LEE'S CENTENNIAL 57 them, he set to Virginia and his own people a high example, — an example of lofty charac- ter and simple bearing.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
All should unite in honest eflForts to obliterate the effects of war, and to restore the blessings of peace. They should remain if possible in the country; promote harmony and good feeling; qualify themselves to vote, and elect to the State and general legislatures wise and patri- otic men, who will devote their abilities to the healing of all dissensions. I have,'* he added, "invariably recommended this course since the cessation of hostilities, and have en- deavored to practice it myself." He...re was a complete exposition of duty, combined with abnegation of self; the purest patriotism, it was also the conceijtrated essence of states- manship. He counselled with a wisdom not less profound because unconscious; and what he said evinced that underlying common sense which in politics avails more than genius.
Five years of life and active usefulness yet remained to General Lee — years in my judg- ment most creditable to himself, the most use- ful to his country of his whole life; for, during LEE'S CENTENNIAL 57 them, he set to Virginia and his own people a high example, — an example of lofty charac- ter and simple bearing.
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