As We Direct Our Eyes Toward The Past

Photo Taken At The Edison And Ford Winter Estates

LOYALTY TO OUR COUNTRY, PAST AND FUTURE

And there, as we direct our eyes toward the past, we see them standing, in their manly height and with their benignant faces towards ours; our fathers, whom we reverently salute, exponents of the system and the principles to which they pledged their life, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. How calmly they regard us, from the far horizon on which they move! From him, the father of his country, whose name is honored all the world round, down to the humblest in the line of those servants of the republic, those makers of the nation, how profitable the study of their lives! how inspiring the thought of them in their honesty, their hardy manhood, their patience in fulfilling their task! [Source]