reat thing it is for our people to have these advantages!
The foundations of our Republic are being well laid. The family,
the church, the school--and the library! A people who will adhere
to the great principles of the sacredness of the family, the church,
and the school, will not perish from the earth. Virtue and
intelligence are the necessary foundations on which a republic must
rest. Education is more necessary in a republic, where the people
are the sovereigns, than it is in a monarchy, where the people are
subjects. With education and the library comes culture. The
family, the church, the school, and the library are all necessary
to qualify the citizen for the great duties of life. . . .

"Mr. Carnegie has given us this building and has requested that it
be named in honor of the great emancipator, Abraham Lincoln. Like
a number of others who are in this room to-night, I knew Abraham
Lincoln intimately and well. We are proud that this city was the
home of Abraham Lincoln while living, and now that he has passed
away, it is the home of his sacred dust. The words of Mr. Carnegie,
that no name should be coupled with the name of Mr. Lincoln manifested
the highest appreciation by him of the great name of Lincoln. He
was a noble man. Only forty-three years ago, he was going in and
out among us, interested in the local affairs of our city, doing
his duty in the common affairs of our community, and at the same
time grappling with the great questions pressing upon the attention
of the people and touching the life of the Nation.

"My friends, in the language of Mr. Carnegie, Lincoln has been 'one
of a dozen supremely great rulers of men that the world has seen.'
He was one of a few men in the world's history whose great and
noble life and deeds will be remembered forever. I rejoice that
he lived among us and that he was loved by our people while he
lived, and that his memory is fresh and green in our hearts.

"My friends, as we reflect upon the progress of our Nation in wealth
and power and influence among the Nations of the world in the
century just closed, our hearts swell with pride and thankfulness
that we have been so favored. As a Nation we are now in the first
rank of the nations of the earth.

"Let us do our part in maintaining our national supremacy. We can
hold our place by standing by the right as a community, as a State,
and as a Nation, adhering rigidly to the foundation principles of
our Repu