Have you ever stopped to consider how unusual is the greatness of General Lee? I have, because as a boy in school I learned the tribute paid him by General A. P. Hill; and T can remember ded ing it with great fervour. Its opening lines are:
Most leaders are great because lof fortunate results and heroes be-
Jeause of success. Robert E. Lee because of qualities in himself is great in the face of fortune and a hero in spite of defeat. When the future historian shall come to survey the character of Lee he will find it rising like a huge jin above the undulating of humanity and he must lift Fis eyes high, towards heaven. to catch its summit." How truly great the man whose greatness does not depend upon success.
The Thin Grey Line I have tried to-day, my friends, to impress upon you the virtues of Noyalty, devotion to principle, and willingness to make sacrifices for that principle; obedience to duty, acceptance of the will of the majority, and firilosophy in defeat. These We shall not sleep aod poppies In Flanders Field
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.