CENTENNIAL HISTORY
tatory, instead of reminiscent, let me repeat, as fit for the hour, the weighty words of a New England man of an earlier day: "Honor to the memory of our Fathers! May the turf lie gently on their sacred graves! But let us not in words only, but in deeds also, testify our reverence for their name. Let us imitate what in them was lofty, pure, and good; let us from them learn to bear hardship and privation. Let us, who now reap in strength what they sowed in weakness, study to enhance the inheritance we have received. To do this we most not fold our hands in slumber, nor abide content with the past. To each generation is committed its peculiar task: nor does the heart, which responds to the call of duty, find rest except in the world to come."