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We looked along their ranks, and saw the vacant [)laccs 34 DEDICATION OF THE which the storm of battle had made. Our eyes were wet with tears that came unbidden. Our heads were bowed in submission to that will which had ordered the event. In our hearts we made the vow that they who had fallen should never lack an honorable memorial ; that their wounded and disa- bled comrades should never ask for sympathy and aid in vain ; that their widows and orphans should never know want ; that the cause fo...r which they died should never be deserted or betrayed ; and that we ourselves, taking new courage and faith from their example, would make the land we loved more worthy of so loyal a service and so costly a sacrifice. That vow is registered in Heaven and on the nation's heart, and by God's help it shall be faithfully kept. While paying our honor to the dead, we would not forget the living veterans, who have "no cause to blush that they survive the battle. " The nation owes its life to the exer- tions of these men — both the wounded and unscathed — and cannot well discharge the debt.
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