PRESIDENT LOWELL'S TRIBUTE

"We meet to honor those who in this place will meet no more. The guns are silent now; the drums have ceased to beat, the battle flags are furled, and men return to common toll. The martial fire has cooled; the harmony among the peoples that fought side by side fast fades away; the inspiration of the cause has been obscured. But a deeply precious thing remains--the memory of those who in the glowing spirit of self-sacrifice gave their lives for all that we hold dean. They died for naught if we forget that by their death they taught the use of life. Unselfish was the aim for which these lives were given. Let not their comrades, or those who could not join the ranks, lose the high thoughts that filled their souls. Let not crude selfishness, of man or group, kindred or nation, mar the example they have set for us. By living on their lofty plane, and only thus, can we most truly honor them."