The sacred fires of noble tradition must not perish. To pass on to our descendants the lighted torch received from our predecessors, glowing ever brighter with the fervor inspired by the heroic deeds of the present hour, is for us an imperative duty and a splendid privilege.
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- Transcriber’s Notes:
- The description of chapter XI. in the Table of Contents was truncated— “Parade of”. This was amended to “Parade of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery.”
- Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected.
- Typographical errors were silently corrected.
- Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only when a predominant form was found in this book.