that comes from these and from the inspiration of religion these must be the foundation stones of the temple of the republic's future fame. They tell in Florence that the seekers for the lost portrait of Dante by Giotto followed a clue that led at last to an ancient building and within it to a room used only for the storage of lumber and firewood. Slowly and carefully the most delicate chemical tests were applied to the whitewashed walls until at last, sublime and thoughtful, and stern and strong, the features of the great Florentine from the walls of that forgotten chapel looked out again upon the world. Let us come back to that temple of the heart where these men and women we here honor made their sacrifices, and as the rubbish and fungus and mould of convenience and custom and cowardice fall before the cleansing touch of the devotion that moved them, we shall see in its old place the painting behind the altar at which our fathers worshipped. The feet are firmly set upon the rock of the law, but the face is the beautiful face of Liberty. When Governor Guild had spoken, the band played "America," the entire assembly rising. The exercises of the day were concluded shortly before six o'clock. |