and fluent eloquence of Haterius died with
himself."

Very truly yours.
JOSEPH P. BRADLEY.

He was an admirable historical investigator and narrator.
He carefully investigated the facts. He told the story of
the heroic days of the Revolution and of the heroic days of
the War for the Union with a graphic power which will give
his addresses on such subjects a permanent place in our best
historical literature.

But it is as a soldier that his countrymen will remember
him, and it is as a soldier that he would wish to be remembered.
Whatever may be said by the philosopher, the moralist, or
the preacher, the instincts of the greater portion of mankind
will lead them to award the highest meed of admiration to
the military character. Even when the most selfish of human
passions, the love of power or the love of fame, is the stimulant
of the soldier's career, he must at least be ready for the
supreme sacrifice--the willingness to give his life, if need
be, for the object he is pursuing. But when his end is purely
unselfish, when the love of country or the desire to save
her life by giving his own has entire mastery of the soul,
all mankind are agreed to award the good soldier a glory which
it bestows nowhere else.

There was nothing lacking in General Devens to the complete
soldierly character. He had a passionate love of his country;
he was absolutely fearless; he never flinched before danger,
sickness, suffering or death. He was prompt, resolute and
cool in the face of danger. He had a warm and affectionate
heart. He loved his comrades, especially the youth who were
under his command. He had that gentle and placable nature
which so often accompanies great courage. He was incapable
of a permanent anger. He was still less capable of revenge
or of willingness to inflict injury or pain.

As Clarendon says of Falkland: "He had a full appetite of
fame by just and generous actions, so he had an equal contempt
for it by base and servile expedients." He never for an instant
tolerated that most pernicious and pestilent heresy, that
so long as each side believed itself to be in the right there
was no difference between the just and the unjust cause. He
knew that he was contending for the life of his country, for
the fate of human liberty on this continent. No other cause
would have led him to draw his sword; and he cared for no
other earthly reward for his service.

Oh just and faithful knight of God,