public policies are wise or unwise, but no one can read these speeches and not realize that the man who made them is not only intensely patriotic but that he is also trying to make the world better, is seeking the triumph of good over evil, and so far as he can do it is striving to have righteousness prevail on the earth.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION. BY HENRY CABOT LODGE.

I.

ADDRESSES

CHARLESTON EXPOSITION, APRIL 9, 1902

II. AT PROVIDENCE, R. I., AUGUST 23, 1902

III.-AT SYMPHONY HALL, BOSTON, AUGUST 25,

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IV. AT HAVERHILL, Mass., August 26, 1902

V.-AT BANGOR, MAINE, AUGUST 27, 1902.

VI. AT FITCHBURG, MASS., SEPTEMBER 2, 1902

VII. AT WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, SEPTEMBER

6, 1902

VIII. TO THE BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIRE-

MEN, CHATTANOOGA, TENN., SEPTEMBER 8,

1902

IX.-AT MUSIC HALL, CINCINNATI, OHIO, ON THE

EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 20, 1902.

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X. AT LOGANSPORT, INDIANA, SEPTEMBER 23,

1902

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XI.—AT THE BANQUET OF THE CHAMBER of Com-

MERCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AT

NEW YORK, NOVEMBER 11, 1902 .

XII. AT THE DEDICATORY EXERCISES OF THE NEW

HIGH-SCHOOL BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA, PA.,

NOVEMBER 22, 1902

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XIII. AT THE FOUNDERS' DAY BANQUET OF THE

UNION LEAGUE, PHILADELPHIA, NOVEMBER

22, 1902

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XIV. AT THE BANQUET AT CANTON, OHIO, JAN-

UARY 27, 1903, IN HONOR Of the BirthDAY

OF THE LATE PRESIDENT MCKINLEY

XV.-AT CARNEGIE HALL, NEW YORK, N. Y.,

FEBRUARY 26, 1903, UPON THE OCCASION OF

THE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE

BIRTH OF JOHN WESLEY

XVI.-AT CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, APRIL 2, 1903.

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XVII. AT WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN, APRIL 3, 1903

XVIII. AT MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, APRIL 3, 1903

XIX.-AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, APRIL 4,

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XX.—AT SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, April

6, 1903

XXI.-AT FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, APRIL 7,

1903

XXII. AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA, APRIL 27, 1903

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XXIII. AT ODEON HALL, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,

BEFORE THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL

GOOD ROADS CONVENTION, APRIL 29, 1903. 167

XXIV.-AT ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY, ST. LOUIS,

MISSOURI, APRIL 29, 1903

XXV. AT THE DEDICATION CEREMONIES OF THE

LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION, ST.

LOUIS, MISSOURI, APRIL 30, 1903

XXVI. AT TOPEKA, KANSAS, MAY 1, 1903

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XXVII.—AT LELAND STANFORD, JUNIOr, Univer-

SITY, PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, MAY 12, 1903

XXVIII. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BER-

KELEY, CALIFORNIA, MAY 14, 1903

XXIX. AT CARSON CITY, NEVADA, MAY 19, 1903

XXX.-AT SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, MAY 26, 1903

XXXI.-AT COLUMBIA GARDENS, BUTTE, MON-

TANA, MAY 27, 1903

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XXXII. AT THE TABERNACLE, SALT LAKE CITY,

UTAH, MAY 29, 1903 .

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XXXIII. AT THE LINCOLN MONUMENT, SPRING-

FIELD, ILLINOIS, JUNE 4, 1903

XXXIV. AT THE CONSECRATION OF GRACE MEMO-

RIAL REFORMED CHURCH, WASHINGTON,

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D. C., JUNE 7, 1903

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XXXV. TO THE HOLY NAME SOCIETY, AT OYSTER

BAY, N. Y., AUGUST 16, 1903

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XXXVI. AT THE STATE FAIR, SYRACUSE, N. Y.,

XXXVII.—AT ANTIETAM, SEPTEMBER 17, 1903 .

XXXVIII.-AT THE UNVEILING OF THE SHERMAN

STATUE, WASHINGTON, OCTOBER 15, 1903.

XXXIX.--AT THE PAN-AMERICAN MISSIONARY SER-

VICE, CATHEDRAL OF SAINT PETER AND

SAINT PAUL, MOUNT SAINT ALBAN, WASH-

INGTON, D. C., OCTOBER 25, 1903

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