D E D IC AT IO N O F T H E
STAT U E O F T H E
HO N GE O RG E FRISBIE HO AR
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WO RC E STE R
JUNE T WE N TY SI$ T H
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N response to a gen e ral invita
ti o n extended b y Ho n W alter H
B lodget M ayor o f the City o f
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Worcester a meeting was held in
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the Mayor s offi c e at the City H all o n T u e s
day eveni ng , April 2 5 th, 1 9 0 5 , to consider
the advisability o f erecting a memorial t o
the late United S ta te s Senator Ge o rg e
F risbie H oar
The meetin g was presided over by th e
M ayor and John P Munroe was secr et ar y
The following gentlemen addressed t h e
meeting $ Charles M Thayer S tephen S alis
bury H enry A M arsh , M atthew J Whi t
tall , R t R ev M gr Thomas Gri ffin , Jacob L
G oding Joseph D e M ar co G S tanley H all ,
E ugene M M oriarty and A B R S pra gue
A s a result o f the delibera t ions it w as
v oted to raise b y popular subscripti o n a
mem o rial fun d , and the f ollowin g gentl e
men were elected trus tee s o f the George F
H oar Mem o rial Fun d
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H B lodget , G S tanley H all ,
Mgr Thomas G ri ffi n , Philip J
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James L ogan , S tephen S alis
bury Charles H H utchins , Jacob L
G oding John F Jandron H enry A B ow
m an , H enry A M arsh Charles M Thayer,
A G eorge B ullock F O D ahlquist , A rthur
P R ugg , Paul B M organ M atthew J
Wh ittall , W illiam E R ice John R Thayer ,
N athaniel Paine , H omer P L ewis David
F O C o n n ell , N apoleon P H uot and John
T Duggan
O n M ay 4th 1 90 5 the trustees formally
organized by the election of W alter H
B lodget chairman Philip J O C o nn ell sec
r e t ar y Charles M Thayer treasurer and
John B B owker auditor
A trust agreement prepared by Charles
M Thayer was entered into and executed
by the B oard of Trustees and fi led in the
o ffice of the C it Clerk A t this same meet
ing a plan was adopted for the raising of a
fund by popul ar subscription A s a result
o f this plan more than
subscribers
c ontributed to the fund and inside o f a few
weeks time a sum over twenty one thousand
dollars was received by the Treasurer This
money was placed on deposit in the W o r
c e s t er Trust Company in the name of the
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In tr o du c t o ry
President , S ecretary and Treas urer
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suitably engraved certifi cate bearing th e
signatures of the President , S ecretary an d
Treasurer of the trustees , was giv en t o
each subscriber to the fund
A t a meeting of the trustees held o n
Jul y 20 th 1 905 , D ani el Ches t er F rench
was chosen as the sculptor o f the statu e
Peabody and S tearns of B oston M ass , the
architects of the W orcester City H all , were
chosen to design the pedestal o f the statue
The pedestal was furnished by the N orcros s
B rothers Company
O n July 24t h 1 9 0 7 , the followin g com
mit t e e s were chosen $ Committee to select
an orator , Arthur P R ugg , Charles M
Thayer G S tanley H all Com mitte e on
Dedication E xercises Charles M Thay e r ,
Paul B M organ and Philip J O C o nn ell
A rthur P R ug g Charles M Thayer , G
S tanley H all H enry A M arsh , N athaniel
Paine and Philip J O C o n n ell served as a
committee to formulate the inscriptions on
the pedestal o f th e statue The site of the
s t atue was deter mined up o n by the B oar d
o f Trustees o n January l 6 th , 1 9 0 8
The Ho n William H M oody , o f H aver
hill , M assachusetts , Justice o f the S upreme
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Court o f th e United S tate s , accep t ed an
in vitation to deliver the addr ess at th e
dedication of the statue
O n the afternoon o f June 2 6 th 1 9 0 8 the
statue was dedicated in the presence of a
large concourse o f peop le , the exer c ises
being held in the Open air on the gr een
imme di ately north o f the City H all
The f ollowing is the programme of th e
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H o n J am es L o gan , M ayo r
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T RU S T A GREE M E N T
I N T HE
H O AR M E M O R IAL FUND
O F T HE
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DE C LARA TI ON o r TRUS T mad e b y W alter
H B lodget , S tephen S al isbur y , Thom a s
G riffin , M atthew J Whitt all , Jam e s L ogan ,
F rancis 0 D ahlquis t , A G eorge B ull o ck ,
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Charles H Hutchins , Philip J O C o n n ell,
Paul B M organ , John R Thayer, H o m er P
L ewis , H enry A M arsh, Ar thu r P Ru g g ,
W illiam E R ice H enry A B owm an, Jaco b
L G oding , John F Jandr on , D avid F
O C o n n ell , G S tanley H all , N apoleo n P
Huot N athaniel Paine , Charles M Thayer ,
all o f W orcester , in the County o f W o r c es
ter and Commonwealth o f M assachuset t s
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K NOW A LL M E N
BY
T HESE P RESEN T S
at a m e eting of citiz ens
o f W orcester held o n April 2 5 th 1 90 5 in
response t o an invit at i o n issued by th e
M ayor , it was unan imousl y voted that it
was app ropriate and exp e die nt to tak e
imme di ate s t eps t o ere ct upon some public
site in W or c es t er a s t atu e o f Ge orge F
H oar $ an d
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Wher eas at said meetin g th e p ers o n s
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whose names are hereinafter set forth were
requested to act as a B oard o f Truste e s t o
accomplish such a result $ and
Wher eas it is desirable that the author
ity and duties of said trustees should b e
set forth in legal form ,
N o w t her ef o r e in consid e ration o f o n e
do llar and other sums of money to us paid
by E dward E verett H ale , William D Lu ey,
Al exander B elisle G eor ge F B lake , Jr
and Joseph D eM ar co the re c eipt wher e o f
is hereby acknowledged , we W alter H
B lodget , S tephen S alisbury , Thomas Grif
fi n M atthew J W hittall James L ogan ,
F rancis 0 Dahlquist , A G eorge B ul lock ,
Charles H Hutchin s , Philip J O C o nn ell,
Paul B M organ , John R Thayer H omer P
L ewis H enry A M arsh Arthur P R ug g,
W illiam E R ice H enry A B owman Ja c ob
L G o ding, John F Jandron , David F
O C o n n ell G S tanley H all , N apoleon P
Huot N athaniel Paine , and Charles M
Thayer hereby covenant and agree with
the said E dward E verett H ale , W illiam D
Luey , A lexander B elisle George F B lak e ,
Jr and Joseph D eM ar c o and with each
one o f them and with all oth e r pers o ns w ho
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m ay deposit money with us for th e pur
p o ses herein set forth that we will and our
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su ccessors shall hold as trustees said sums
thus deposited upon the followin g terms
and conditions and for the followin g pur
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C LAUSE
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To expend such sums as in the O p ini o n
o f the trustees may be necessary to carr y
o ut such plans for raisin g funds for th e
p urposes herein set f orth as may b e deemed
advisable by the said trustees
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C LAUSE
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expend such other sums as m ay
the Opinion of the trustees be necessar y
admin ister in a proper manner this t ru st
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C LAUSE
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To use the balance o f said fund pro
ided in the opinion of the trustees a s uffi
cient amo unt is s ubscribed o n or befor e
January 1 , 1 9 0 6 , or on such da t e as th e
trustees may determine , to pro cu r e a statue
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G eorge F H oar ,
including a pedestal to
be erected upon some pub lic site in the C ity
the exact lo c ation to be
o f W orcester ,
determined by the trustees a fter c onferr in g
with the City G overnment of W orcester
and with the f amily o f the late Georg e F
H oar
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C LAUSE
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If on January 1 , 1 9 06 or o n such date
as th e trustees may determine , in the Opin
io n o f the trustees a su ffi cient sum has
no t been subscribed to procure an adequat e
statu e o f S enator H oar then said trustees
shall deposit with the W orcester Trust
C o mpany the balance in their hands a fter
mak ing the payments f or which provisi o n
is made in Clauses I and II o f thi s in s tru
ment , and shall make arrangements wi th
said Trust Company to make a p r o rata
distribution o f said balance amon g all the
subs cribers to said fund
In the management o f said t rust fun d
the trustees shall be govern e d by t he f ol
lowin g rul es
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Trus t Agr e em en t
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NAME
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S aid t ru ste es shall be des ign at e d
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The Trustees of the G eorge F H oar Me
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m or ial Fund o f W orcest e r , M assachu se tts
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OFFIC ERS
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The trustees shall elect from their num
ber a President , a S ecretary , and a Treas
ur er , each of whom shall hold that o ffi c e
until hi s successor is elected
No t rust ee
shall hold mor e than o n e o ffi ce at o n e tim e
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QUORUM
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thirds o f the trust ee s shall cons ti
tute a quorum for the transaction of busi
ness , and no motion shall be declared c ar
ried un less it receives the vot e s o f at least
thre e fourths of a quorum
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F UN DS
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All funds r e ceived sha ll be de p os ite d in
on e or
mo r e o f the bankin g in stitutio ns
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th e City of W orcester in th e name o f th e
t rustees and shall be withdrawn o n ly upon
checks signed by the President , Treasurer
and S ecretary
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C ON TRA C T S
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N o contract call ing for th e expendit ur e
fro m said fun d of more than twenty dol
lars shall be valid unles s it is approve d
by at least two thirds o f the trustees
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AU DI T OR
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The trustees shall elect an au ditor who
shall hold his position until hi s su c cessor
is chosen and who shall au dit the accoun ts
o f the trustees at least once in three months
an d at such times shall publish in each o n e
o f the daily papers o f the City o f W o r c es
ter a statement of the condition o f the trust
fun d N o trustee Shall be eligible for th e
p osition o f auditor
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C O M PENSA TIO N
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N o trustee shall receiv e any comp ensa
tion for services rendered by him in con
n e c t io n
with this trust
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VA CAN CI ES
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If vacancies occur in the board o f trus
tees , the remainin g trustees shall by ballot
fi ll such vacancies and the trustee s may
in crease their membership to a number
n o t exceeding twenty fi v
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AMEN D MEN T S
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These rules may be amended and ad di
t io n al rules may be made by the tru stees ,
except however that no change Shall b e
made in the rules relating to a quorum , o r
to the withdrawal of funds , or to the duties
o f auditor
This instrument shall be recorded with
in fi v
e days of its execution with the Ci ty
Clerk of the City o f W orcester and if any
changes are made in the rules gove rning
the trustees , o r any new rules are added , as
p rovided in Clause I$ of this instrument
a c e rti fi ed copy o f such changes o r addi
t ions Shall be recorded with the City Clerk
o f the Cit y of W orcester within fi e day s
f rom th e time tha t they are in fo rce
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WI T NESS WHEREOF we the said Wal
t e r H B lodget, S tephen S alisbury , Th o ma s
G riffi n, M atthew J W hi ttall , James L o g an ,
Franci s 0 Dahlquist , A G eorge B ul lo ck ,
Charles H Hut c hins , P hilip J O C o n n ell,
Paul B M organ , John R Thayer , H omer
P L ewis , H enry A M arsh Arthur P R ug g,
W illiam E R ice H enry A B owman Jacob
L G oding John F Jandron , Dav
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O C o n n ell G S tanley H all , N apoleon P
H uot , N athaniel Paine Charles M Thay e r ,
have set o ur hands and seals this fi fth day
of M ay in the year o n e thousand nine hun
dred and fi e
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Walt er H B l o d get
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H enry A M arsh
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Paul B M organ
S tephen S alisbury
Thomas G riffi n
Napoleon P Huo t
H enry A B owm an
Jam e s L o g an
C H Hutchins
A G Bull o c k
N ath aniel Pa in e
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Ja c ob L G oding
D avid F O Co nn ell
John F Jandron
John R Thayer
G S tanl ey H all
Wm E R ic e
F ran c is 0 Dahl quis t
M J Whitt al l
Ar thur P R u gg
Charl e s M T ha yer
H o mer P Lewis
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No r t h Side
P UR I TAN
AN D
P A TR I O T
UNSULLI E D
LOVER
C H A M PIO N
BY IN
HER ITAN C E
C HARA C T ER
IN
L I BER TY
OF
OF T H E
L IFE EMBO DI E D
H IS
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TH E
OPPRE SS ED
TRADI TIO N S
OF
MA S SA C HUSE TT S
A N D OF T H E
H IS
FO UN D ERS
H I GH ID EALS $ EAL
OF T H E
F OR
REPU BLIC
LEARN I NG
AND
C ONS TRU CTIVE S TA T E S MAN S H IP
MA D E I M P ERI SHAB LE C ON TR I BU TIO N S
TO
A
GREA T P ERI OD
OF
A MERIC AN H I S TORY
T H I S S TA T UE I S RAI SE D
BY
GIFT S FROM T H IR T Y T HOUSAN D
OF H IS
T OWN SFOL K
T HA T
TH E
P EOP LE
I N S PIR ED
OF H I S
F OR AL L
BY T H E
P ERS O NAL VI R T UE
T I ME
M AY BE
MEMORY
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P UBL IC S ERVI C E
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I n s c rip tio n
So ut h Side
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I BELIE VE I N G OD, T HE L I VIN G GO D, I N T H E
AMER I CAN PE OP LE A FREE A ND BRAVE P E OP LE,
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WH O
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To
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Do
ANY O T HER, A N D WH O D E SIR E
To
T HE NE C K OR BEN D T HE
T o Bo w
T HEM
T HE NE C K OR BEND T HE
Bo w
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I BELI EVE T H AT L IB ER TY, G OOD GOVER N
M E N T,
FREE I NS TI T U TIO N S
BY A NY O NE P EOP LE
To
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C ANN OT BE GIVE N
ANY O T HER , B UT M U S T
BE WR OUGH T OUT F OR EA C H BY I T S ELF , S L OW
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P AI N F ULLY I N T HE PR O C E SS OF YEAR S OR
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C EN TUR IES A S T HE
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ADDS RI NG T o R I NG
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BELI EVE T H A T, WH AT EVER C L OUDS M AY DAR K
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T HE H ORI $ O N , T HE WORL D I s GR OW I N G BE T
TER , T HA T TODAY IS BE TT ER T H AN YE ST ER DAY
AN D T O M ORR OW WI LL BE BE TTER T HA N T OD AY
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PRAYER
BY THE
REV EREND
EVERETT H AL E
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sou ght t o do wha t Go d had tau ght him
t o do
An d w e than k Th e e fo r to da y and to
m orrow, and fo r eve ry n ew day we ask Thy
blessing still upon this land with whi ch
Th o u has t f avored u s b efo re That Thou
wilt b e with Thy ch ildren, and tea c h th em
the lesson o f truth and hol in e s s— that Tho u
Wilt be with Thy children, and t each them
t o be Thy chil dr en
That Th o u w ilt b e with thi s man w e
call o ur Gov erno r That h e will go ve rn
the nation in the f ear of Go d that this may
be the happ y peopl e whose Go d is the L o rd
We ask thi s in th e nam e o f Chr ist Jesu s ,
o u r S a vio u r
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ADD RESS OF
H O NO R A BLE JA ME S LO GA N
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MAYO R OF WO RCESTER
A DD RE S S O F
H O N O R AB LE JAM E S L O GAN ,
MAYOR
OF
WOR C ES T ER
and Gentlemen $ W e hav e
assembled here today to dedicate
thi s memorial whi ch has been
erected by his fellow citizens to
honor the memory of him who was the fi rst
citiz en of this Commonwealth
Thi s occasion is great because o f the
purpose for which we have come together ,
because of the character and fame o f him
whose memory we thus honor , o ur friend
and neighbor G eorge F risbie H oar A
man whose whole life was charact e rized b y
un sel fi sh p ublic spirit , o f unr emittin g in
t e lligen t well directed e ff ort for the welfare
H e had
o f his country and his fellow men
the ability to have amassed a great fortune
but he passed that by putting aside the
emoluments Of his prof ession devoting hi s
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time and Splendid talents to the p ublic
service , living a frugal , simple li fe that he
might serve yo u
It is good fo r the S tate and N ation in
these days of strain and stress when so
much is measured by the standard o f the
dollar to realize that the old truths still
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ho ld good, that a good name is rather to
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be chosen than great riches and that He
who is greatest among you shall be your
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servant
It is an inspiration for us to have such
a Splen did obj ect lesson of the responsi
b ility of citizenship and devotion to duty
which compels men to pause in their mad
rush for wealth and power and position ,
that they may take knowledge of the eter
nal verities , and see that there are some
things o f more permanent value than
money , things which money cann ot buy and
which death itself cannot take away
Am id the stri f e and turmoil we some
times fail to discern the true greatness or
the beauty o f a life , but when death comes
with its wonderful silence , whi ch gives to
us the t rue perspective then it o ften hap
pens that the life that has been lived so
n ear t o us tha t we may ha ve failed to
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appreciate it, stands o ut in b o ld relief and
with a c learer Vision we see it s b e autiful
outlines
The metal whi ch w as cast into th e m elt
ing pot which we call li f e havin g passed
through the fi r e the dr oss has v anishe d
and only the pure gold remains
N othing can be more fi tting and seeml y
than the departure of on e wh o se work has
been well fi nished and who has reached th e
evening of his day
H e lived a noble life o f s e rvice and we
are here met to celebrate the v ict o ry o f
that life , th e triumph o f a noble character
An d when in the stillness o f tha t S ep
t ember night Go d call e d him home and we
listened to th e mournful t ol ling o f the bells
which made known t o this c o mm unity it s
great loss $ that a prince amo ng men had
fallen $ that th e Spirit o f G eorge F risbi e
H oar had return e d to Go d who gave it ,
there went up from this s t ricken peopl e a
mighty sob and we were t aught that ther e
was a bro therhood o f gr ief, an d that it was
n o t unmanl y to weep
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To quote from a r ec ent wr ite r
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w o u ld r o b d eat h o f half its s tin g t o b e
as s ur ed t hat daily yo ur f ace w o u ld li e b e
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f fait hfu l he ar ts an d yo ur
r e d e em in g f au lt s as w e ll as
s on o
m em o r y w it h
s o m e few e x c e lle n ce s b e kep t green b y
c han gin g
afi ec tio n
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this I believe would be hi s highest
wish , to be held in loving remembrance in
this too forgetful world
The desire to be remembered beyond
this Short span of life is a real and persis
tent one It shows itself quite un co n
s c io u s ly in the boy who carves his name or
initials on the bark of the white birch , the
fence post , the barn door , or on the desk
in the district school but to have left one s
secret mark upon men $ to have left the
impress of one s life upon the nation $ and
when life s work is ended to be held in
close and loving remembrance not alone by
those with whom he had been intimately
associated but by thousands whose names
he could never know , whose faces he had
never seen is surely one of the richest
compensations of earth
An d so we ha v e erected this monument ,
paid for b the freewill o ff erings of over
people $
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I for a moment tax the patience
of an audience eager to listen t o
the orator who most fi tt in gly can
deliver an appreciation of G eorg e
F risbie H oar , speaking not only for o ur
great senator s chosen profession , but for
the nation itself it is only because no
garland of encomium that we could weave
would in the eyes of our lost friend be
quite complete did it not contain at least a
strand of the o fficial blue and gold colors
o f the Commonwealth
The life and services o f the man b elong
to the United S tates but the man himself
belongs to us B y t ra di tion, b y descent ,
by temperament by ideals he was all M ass
ac hu s et t s
N ot her history m e rely, but
every familiar bird and fl o w e r and tre e
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were the Obj ects o f an att achment tha t was
almost a passion
A ripe scholar, th e swelling hexam ete rs
o f H omer , the tripping od e s o f H ora c e were
to him no language o f the dead, but th e
words o f living friend s He br o ught t o his
gr eat task an e quipment bas e d o n a read
in g as broad as it was p ro f ound in hi story ,
Y et ,
in pol it ical ec onomy , in literatur e
beneath it all , th e s hr ewd , k een, analy t ical
New E ngland natur e lay as th e b e d r o ck
o f hi s charact e r
D o wnright in hi s de cisions , thi s was a
world of black and white to him, with nev e r
a hin t of gray
R ight was right and wr ong was wr on g
—t o be resp e ctively defended o r a ttacke d
with equal ardor , alm ost with e qual savage
ry
Hi s logic like his life , was as Sin gul ar
in its strengt h as in its Simplicity
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His fi rst question was never IS thi s
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thing expe di ent $ but IS this thin g right $
and his appeals for supp o rt were not to
the leaders o f f action , but straight to the
c onscienc e o f th e people
W e Shal l remember him , indee d in
f utur e years as the last o f the Puritans $
n o t b e cause he w as aus t er c —
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becaus e in public as in priv at e lif e he l ive d
un compro misingly ac c or din g t o c o nvic tio n
and pr e ferred defea t t o e quivo cation
A seeker fo r the ideal , he had in marked
degr ee the s aving grace o f commo n sense ,
and in him hon e st in dependen c e nev er
degenerat ed into mere fantastic opposition
A w it , a scho lar , a j ur ist , a statesman ,
a Christian Am e rican gentleman, we may
well be proud that when pos te rity in th e
days to come names Ge org e F risbie H oar
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for th e briefest reference , in th e
be ginn ing , to a subj ect which
primaril y conc e rns me alon e
But it concerns de epl y th e pr o prietie s o f
my o ffi cial station , an d f or tha t reason is
not in different to others I t mi ght well
be left un no tic e d o n thi s occasion , wer e
it not th at it l e ads up t o a th o u gh t
which ought to have place in the f ore
front o f these Obser ances
On e o f th e
c ons iderations which restrain ed me fro m
th e in stant and ea ger a cce ptan ce o f t hi s
high p rivilege was th e doub t wh e th e r th e
silence upon p resent p o liti c al is sue s im
p o s e d b y th e ju dicial o ffice c oul d b e r e c o n
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devoted to the public service in the
ways of s t at em an s h ip and in the works o f
political leadership B ut the doubt w as
resolved by the refl ection that this famous
political career though its signifi cance
lives t oday and ought always to live is as
essentially of the past as though it had
ended a generation ago Wh o un derstood
this better than he himself or expressed it
m ore beautifully than he on the centennial
o f the establishment of the government at
W ashington where he said of his contem
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that the new century may clasp hands with
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future the benediction of the past
clearly is this truth manifested in the auto
biography which he h aS left to us The
A dministration which has played so great
a part during the Opening years of the
century and the questions with which i t
has mainly dealt appear but dimly there
The Chief of that A dministration receive s
now and then a casual mention $ its princ i
pal o ffic er s none at all H e enters into no
di scussion of the momentous social and
ec o nomic problems which have come for
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ward so recently , and we know nothing o f
his opinions with regard to them , except
as they may be gathered from his Views o f
the older conflicts out of which they grew
S o it happens that we may seek to portray
the principles which governed this illustri
o u s public character and to cherish those
which are beautiful and enduring as a rich
inheritance without fear that in the at
tempt we shall fan the embers of political
strife into an angry fl ame
W e need not linger long over the details
Those are w ithin the o fiic e
o f biography
The duty of this occasion
o f the historian
is to discover if it be possible the charac
ter and achievements which have led so
many thousands to j oin in the raising o f
this statue to preser v e their memory for
posterity
G eorge F risbie H oar was born in Con
cord in this Commonwealth of an ancestry
which was his pride and inspiration all his
li f e long H is youth gave no promise o f
great things It was lived in a town an d
in a household where the air he breathed
was laden with culture and consc ience
honor and patriotism H is boyhood days
were neither spoiled b y luxury nor embit
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by hardship He had as an un der
g raduate at Cambridge the b e s t education
a fforded by the time , which h e s e ems to
have estimated lightly , for he called the
four years wasted I doubt if he v alued
these years justl y They were the essen
tial introduction to th e li f e o f study which ,
be ginning at the law school , made him a
l o v er of books , a ma s t er o f l iteratur e and
a scholar among m en o f a ff a irs They may
well have taught him that honor fo r labo r ,
that contemp t for idleness which incited
hi m t o scorn ignoble ease , and live in h is
m aturer years a lif e of incessant activity
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anni v ersar y o f your t owns hip , has never
r e spected an idler , whether he were rich or
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In such a sp ir it he wro t e upon the
wall o f the library o f th e house wher e he
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I must wo rk the works
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n ight cometh when no man can work
An d as he wro t e so h e wr o ught to th e end
H e was a boy of 1 8 at colleg e when his
f ather, ch arged by th e C o mmonwealth with
the duty o f p ro t ectin g the r ight s of its
color e d s e am en , was driven b y thr e at o f
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Violence from th e city o f Charleston I t
was the fortun e o f the son mor e than fi fty
year s lat e r t o be r eceive d in tha t c ity with
a delightful hospitality which tou ched his
heart and brought to an end the already
s o ftened resentment B ut i t is n o wonder
in th e early days , when th e m emory o f tha t
indignity was fresh in his mind that th e
fi rst political service whi ch he ever ren
dered was the folding and directing of cir
c ul ar s calling in this ci ty a convention o f
those who believed in fre e men upon a fr e e
soil $ nor is it strange when , a fter his ad
mi ssion t o th e bar , he came to choose his
p lac e of residence that h e chos e W orc e s t er ,
chiefl y b e cause it was the stronghold o f
th e n ew anti slaver y party H is ambition s
then , as he has s t ated them were modest ,
—a quiet pra c tice, a small income and a
few bo o ks But he soon Shared with thi s
c o mmun ity th e knowl e d g e that the meas
ur e o f his ab il it ies w o uld not b e met b y
s uch a f ortune as this
O ppor tunity , whic h
always s e ems to c om e t o tho s e who deserve
it , brought t o him an ass o c ia t ion with
E mory Washburn , a lea der of th e Wo r ce s
ter bar an d then the car e o f a l ar g e p ra e
tice which devolv ed up o n him throu gh th e
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election of his partner to be G overnor o f
the Commonwealth H e faced his r e s p o n
s ib il it ies bravely and successfu lly and for
twenty years , as coun sellor and advocate
he steadily won his way to the front rank
o f a bar not excelled at any time in any
county of this Commonwealth I am not
the man nor is thi s the time or place to
take account of his success abi lity , and
rank as a lawyer It is enough to say that
hi s professional learning was a Vital part
o f his equipment for a noble service to the
country These twenty years at the bar
gave promis e that if he had remained in
that station power and wealth would have
come to him in abundance , then death then
a few years of admi ring remembrance then
f ading tradition and soon , oblivion B ut
he chose a greater fortune than all the
wealth of his clients could have given him
rather , time and occasion chose that
or
f ortun e for him If he had lived in the
times of the commonplace it is likely that
t he career that I have imagined f or him
would have been realized B ut youth came
to him in one of those happy epochs when
a great question was coming forward and
demanding settlement and the question o f
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and hi s heart Th e enthu s iasm o f his
youth never grew cold and he nev er fal
t er ed in the faith that that part y wo ul d
s ee k and fi n d wh at s e em ed t o him th e p ath s
N othing could b e mor e
o f righteousness
touching than the serene con fi dence of his
lat er days , un dimm e d by the in difference
o r the cynicism o f the age , that the par t y o f
his early love would always in the e nd f ol
low those paths H o w fi n e it is that any m an
coul d say , as he di d as the end appr o a ched,
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N o political party in hi story was ever
f ormed for obj ects so great and noble An d
no political party in history w as ever s o
gr e at in its a c comp li shm ent f or liber ty,
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p rogr ess an d law
In the f ormation o f the Fre e S oil Party ,
so o n t o as s ume its fi nal shape as th e R epu
b lic an Par ty, the mo v ement fo r the aboli
tion o f slavery t o ok o n menac in g f orm and
M r H oar mad e , in 1 8 50 , his
s ubs t an c e
fi r s t s p ee ch in y o ur City H all in suppor t
o f it s p rincip les
From that time fo r th ,
al o n g with his p ro fe ssi o nal av o c at io ns , h e
k e pt a keen in terest in political afi air s , b e
c am e p art o f th e p ar ty o rganiz ation, pr e
s ided and spoke at p o l itical m eetings , an d
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the M assachusetts L e gislatur e a ct e d as
o n e o f the leaders o f the c au s e which that
p arty represented It w as quite natur al ,
when in 1 8 69 , weary with the exa ctin g de
m ands o f professional life he announ c e d
his willingness to accept a nomination to
Congress that , without effo rt on his part
and almost against his wish , h e Shoul d
have been chosen An d so he went t o
Washington as a R epresentative from this
District believing as so many others have
done before , and since , that he was to enter
upon a mere episode in his life and that
after the passin g o f a f ew years he woul d
again return to the law B ut , happily, it
w as ordered otherwise
The o n e, or at th e
mo st the two , term limit whi ch he had se t
f or himsel f len gthen e d int o thirty fi e
years of comp lete dev otion to public duty ,
en ding only w ith his li fe H e went f orth
from you a st ron g man , with settled c on
ic tio n s , wi th an intelle ct cultivat e d b y
education and t ra ined in all the afi air s o f
l ife , with a hi gh l o cal reputation and an
He c a m e
assure d professional s t an din g
back to you , t o die , o n e o f th e great m en o f
hi s t ime , with a f ame wh ich , though pe en
li arly your o wn p o sses s io n , yo u mus t shar e
with the C o mmo nwe al th an d th e N a tion
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trans formation $ B y what means did the
inconspicuous citizen of W orcester come to
be , his neighbors and friends scarcel y
realizin g, the statesman whose death was
mourned from the A tlantic to the Pacifi c
and beyond the seas $ It was no sudden
leap to a pinnacle no Single Splendid deed ,
no leadership for a few intense years of
some great cause It was rather the faith
ful performance o f every duty , a mastery
o f the varied details of our national li f e a
constantly growing power and the con
s t an t ly growing con fi dence of the people
which resulted from it and over all a mas
t er ful conscience which compelled obedience
to its decrees W e must be Co ntent now
with such generalities as these
If we
sought to prove their truth by an array of
the facts which support them it would
carry us far into the history of the country
f or the past forty years I can do no more
today than to try to discern and describ e
some of the traits o f character and intellect
which brought to him such honor and fame ,
that the record of his life is one of the
r ichest treasures of the Commonwealth
H e won his way to public o ffi ce by no
unworthy means
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all to you in any of your churches , without
shame or without shrinking If any o n e
h ad ever proposed to h im that he shoul d
p rocure his nomination o r election to offi ce
by the expenditure of his own money in his
o w n behalf I fancy he would have rej ected
the p r Op o s al with un speakable loathin g
He has told us , and I never heard it doubt
ed that he never lifted a fi nger or spoke a
word to promote his o w n election to offi ce
I can well believe this to be true In th e
winter of 1 9 0 0 it was said to me that he
believed that at the next session o f th e
L egislature his service in the S enat e woul d
be brought to an end I calle d to ask him
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I have di ffered
from my Party on a subj ect of the highest
importance I do not reflect the vi ews o f
the maj ority o f my own S tate I have no
right to expect that under these circum
stances I Shall be c ontinued in offi ce I
h ave n o doubt that I shall b e displaced by
s ome youn ger man more in harmon y with
the policy o f the Party I have been treat
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I t s e emed
not to ent er his min d to appeal t o those
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in th e Party councils , and I doubt i f he
even asked the aid, SO fr e ely given , o f his
colleagu e, with whom he was upon terms
of the mo st a ff e ctionate frie ndship Sc orn
ing t o beg o r purchas e o ffi ce , his way o f
seeking it was to keep hi s Party ri ght by
wise coun sel , no doubt to make modest con
t rib ut io n s to it s fun ds , to f o ster its f or
tunes b y convincing speech , and to deserve
the confi denc e o f the peopl e b y performing
f aithfully eve ry publ ic duty which came to
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If it be not always
the M assachusetts way it was his way
and a way M assachusetts cannot afford to
despise
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the slightest degree to disparage those
who practice them They are necessary $
they c an be and ought to be prac ti c e d
h onorabl y
B ut h e had none o f them He
w as th e last man in the world t o whom on e
woul d go f or an a ccura t e prophecy o f a
v o te in th e S enate He had neither taste
n o r t alent f or th e small m anagement o f
men He c o uld n o t pers uad e in the cloak
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room $ h e c o ul d not go from o n e to anoth er
and set up a vo t e o n thi s que stion agains t
a vote o n that qu e stion He kn ew how h e
would v ote H e w as c apable o f e xpressin g
o n the fl oor in ters e and vigorous E nglis h
the reasons which impell e d him t o the vote
Wh en that w as done h e le ft the result t o
care for itsel f N everth el e ss , on the larger
negotiations and the larger cur rents of o ur
national a ffairs h e exercised a considerabl e
infl uence and h e was aided by a shrewd
judgment o f the character o f th e men with
whom he dealt B ut above all he knew th e
secret of political management by appeal s
to the people He un derstood what is so
often forgotten at W ashin gton that when
the people were convinced their rep r es en
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lative career is marked with a seri e s o f
closely reasoned ar guments , which wer e
read by thousands of hi s countrym en H e
knew that great causes could be won m or e
surely b y leading th e p eople than b y c au
ensing their servants
H e perfo rmed cheer ful ly and w itho ut
complaint the little irksom e t ask s whi ch
the peopl e hav e the right t o deman d o f
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a leader in th e victoriou s
struggle which has removed the app oint
m ent and tenure o f thousands of o ifi c e
holders from the system of patronage to
the system o f merit That part o f the duty
o f appointment to o ffi ce which the Con s ti
t utio n conferred upon him as a S enator
he discharged with scrupulous fi delity,
marred only if it can be said thus to b e
m arred at all , by an amiable overestimate
o f the merits of his friends and a lovable
sentiment which sometimes misled his
judgment
When he was fi rst nominated for Con
gress it is said that the choice f ell upon
him rather than upon any of his worthy
competitors because it was thop ght that he
possessed a power of public speech which
would cause the District to count for much
in the councils o f the N ation H is c o n s t itu
ents judged that no man could succeed
greatly in the N ational L egislature who
had not that power Their confi dence was
signally justifi ed They builded even bet
ter than they knew They sought to give
their district a larger influence and they
gave to the country a new power He him
s elf has truly said that he lacked some
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E lectoral Commission and as one o f th e
m anagers o f the impeachment o f Se cretary
B elknap is enough In th e latte r place he
gave to our literature a treasure which will
be prized as long as incorruption in o ffi ce is
h eld dear by our people
I have spoken of hi s p assionate love
f or the party of h is choice He not only
had faith in his party, he believed in govern
m ent by party
If you were not Of his
p arty he would have you of the other party
Perhaps he did not do full justice to the
body o f independent men who think tha t
they serve better uses if the parties can b e
made to realize that they must deserve
the suff rage , not only of their a dh erents
but also of those who hold themselves aloof
B ut, independence it seemed to him , some
t imes lacked a sense o f just proportion ,
and often degenerated into impartial
abuse H e respected a valiant Opponent ,
but he despised the mere criti c— the man
who railed at him who w as carrying the
burden and carried no burden himself
An d he was convinced that one w h o ex
p e ct s to accomplish much in our national
life can only do i t within the li mits and
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Mr H oar was in full a c cord with the
constitutional and economic principles o f
h is party pr inciples which it m ay be said
to have inherited in large part from th e
Wh igs though the heir developed and in
creased the inheritance He was th er e
f ore an ardent advocate of the policies o f
internal improvement and o f t ar ifi pr o te o
tion to our industries In his interpreta
tion of the Constitution he was o f the
school of M arshall H amilton , W ilson and
Webster H e recognized that the national
g overnment in all its branches was o n e of
delegated and limited powers , but he found
in the broad and general grants o f power
contained in the Constitution ample au
t h o rity for effi cient national rule and did
not demand that every governm ental act
Should fi n d its special warrant in specifi c
H e appreciated clearly the vast
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extent o f the power vested in the Congress
by the commerce clause o f the C o n s tit u
tion R esting his position o n this clause ,
in a speech in the H ouse o f R epresentatives
as early as 1 8 74 he supported a bill , which
he in part had framed , f or the re gul ation
o f the rates o f interstate railroads and in
that Speech he Showed briefly but conclu
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the vital interest of N ew E ngland
in the question of interstate transporta
tion M any years after in the S enate , he
had a large share in giving its fi nal form
to the misnamed S herman A c t for the sup
pression in interstate commerce o f the
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combinations loosely called trusts , but
he disagreed with the interpretation which
the S upreme Court has since given to tha t
H e was always a supporter of a
act
national bankrupt law and without his aid
the law now upon the statute book would
not have been enacted In his long legis
lative career illustrations of his potent in
fl u en c e upon questions of such a nature
mi ght be multiplied
Fo r the dealing with
them he was well equipped b y a long ex
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at the bar , an adequate knowledge
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o f constitutional principles and a keen in
te lligen c e all made singularly e ff ect ive by
the capacity for tactful and lucid debate
In this region he was an equal among his
associates but no more Here he labore d
earnestly faithfully and with notable r e
s ul t s but without the enthusiasm which h e
reserved for what he deemed higher things
H e became one of a still more select
company when there came forward prob
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l em s touchin g the na tur e o f o ur go v ern
m ent and the relations o f the s ev eral p art s
to eac h o ther and to the whol e, an d t o the
p eople whom by the ir cho ice it rul e d At
s uch tim e s he spok e and was h e ard as o n e
ha ving an authority which was shar e d
with few o thers
Wh en we pas s to stil l hi gher altitudes
we fi n d him standing th e r e alone In that
s p lendid isolation we may always yi eld him
rev erence , ev en though it b e that o ur lesser
f aith now and th en falt e r s We Shall fai l
t o appreciate this fi n e s t side o f hi s c harac
ter in which he excelled all the public m en
o f his time unless w e un derstand some o f
its moral elements H e has been called a
Puritan o f the Puritans Indeed he h ad
no trace o f other blood , and the stern qual i
ties of the race that over tur ned thrones ,
destroyed mi srule, creat ed in st itutions an d
f ounded gove rnments cam e down t o him
through every avenue o f desc ent But his
c ame to be a Puritanism w itho ut in t o l er
ance, as zealous for the c i il and reli gious
r ights o f others as fo r it s own H e was a
m an o f ideals and they br o aden e d and
sweetened his natur e Hi s ideals ruled
not only his f aith but his c onduct as w ell
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H e h e ld them above party , above f riends
above success , abov e renown Wh en they
were drawn in question he was supe rb in
the in tensity o f c onviction and pur p o se ,
which he clothed in spee ch o f surp ass ing
vigor and beauty To worship G o d in the
manner and form their consciences dic
t at ed, to be exempt fr o m all government
ex c ept o f th e ir o wn choice , to be free and
equal befor e the law , these to thi s Puritan
idea li st were the fun dament al rights o f all
m en In defen din g them in hi s o ld age h e
di splayed all the fi r e and enthusiasm of his
y outh
H e would not compromise , h e
would not qualify he would not postpone
th e se great rights
H e would not keep
them fo r his o wn coun try or hi s own ra c e ,
h e wo uld bestow them upon all mank ind
Le t th e m b e denied to whatev er race o r
color , whether Chinese , N egroes o r Filip i
nos , he was always their champion , with a
multiplied zeal if he thought they were
desolate and oppressed In the battle for
such cause he shone supreme Defeat did
not dismay or delay discourage him He
remained steadf as t The happin e ss o f his
last years was clou de d by the di ff erence
with his party which o n an issu e lik e this
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his convictions fo rced up on him There
can b e no doubt of th e pain which thi s dif
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G o d help me,
f erence brought to him
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he said
I can do no otherwise
T hi s
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day s work would be sadly incomplet e i f it
le ft unn oticed this fi nal c hapter o f hi s li f e ,
which illustrated so many o f hi s high e st
qualities The policy of the G overnment
toward the Philip in e Islands was abhor
rent to him in all its details In a series
o f speeches o f great power , he oppos e d
their acquisition for the purpose o f govern
ing them even for a tim e , without th e c on
sent o f their inhabitants H e thought the
Constitution afi o r ded no warrant for an
acquisition for such a purpose $ he thou ght
that it violated the spirit of the Declara
tion of Independence , whi ch to him was
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the greatest evangel tha t ev er came to
mankind since the story o f Bethl ehem h e
thought that it was a cruel wrong un
worthy o f our people , to crush o ut a rising
republic to impose up on a people a govern
ment to which t hey h ad not consented, t o
give to th e m as a f avor even the best o f
gov ernme nt s , f or to hi s mind there w as n o
good gov ernm ent excep t sel f government
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either of the F ilipinos or of our own pe o pl e ,
h e put aside as unworthy of serious c o n
sideration He stood on higher groun ds
H e pleaded for the F ilipinos as for H amp
dens and W ashin gtons and A d am s es an d
J effer s o n s and H enrys and he lamented
the wound which he believed our departur e
f rom the fundamental principles of the
R epublic had infl icted upon our own people
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He lost the fi ght but he kept the faith
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know , said he in closing one of the speech
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es to which I have referred how feeble is
a single voice amid this din and tempest ,
this delirium of E mpire It may be that th e
battle for this day is lost B ut I have an
assured faith in the future
I have an
assured faith in justice and the love o f
liberty of the A merican people The stars
in their courses fi ght for freedom
The
R uler o f the H eavens is on that side I f
the battle today go against it I appeal to
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another day , not distant and sure to come
M any di ff ered from him and believe d that
time and conditions were not ripe for the
accomplishment o f all his noble aspira
tions B ut even by them thos e aspirations
have come to be cherishe d as the ul timat e
ends to which all o ur e fforts should b e
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and belief The tim e o f his dep arture w as
well chosen We canno t but r ej o ic e that
he was spared th e sorrow o f the un tim ely
death of hi s son , to whom h e would lon g
ago have gladly yielded the f ew years o f
public life which remained to him Fo r
t un at e it was that with hop e undimmed ,
happy in th e love o f those dear to him ,
cov ered with honors which came becaus e
he had labored and sp ared no t , sustained
by f aith in Go d and f aith in man, h e la y
down for th e eternal res t which we fon dl y
t ru st is b ut another nam e for the li f e eve r
lastin g
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