Both Groups Together: To both these men, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, we, the children of the nation, owe a debt of gratitude which we can only repay by a lifetime of work, for God, humanity, and our country. Both have left behind them words of wisdom, which, if heeded, will make us wiser and better boys and girls, and so wiser and better men and women.
Two Boys from the Washington Group: Washington said, "Without virtue and without integrity, the finest talents and the most brilliant accomplishments can never gain the respect or conciliate the esteem of the most valuable part of mankind."
Two Boys from the Lincoln Group: Lincoln said, "I have one vote, and I shall always cast that against wrong as long as I live."
Two Boys from Washington Group: "If to please the people we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work?"
Two Boys from Lincoln Group: Lincoln said, "In every event of life, it is right makes might."
All: O, wise and great!
Their like, perchance, we ne'er shall see again,
But let us write their golden words upon the hearts of men.
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Turn now unto the past,
There, long as life shall last,
Their names you'll find.
Faithful and true and brave,
Sent here our land to save.
Men whom our father gave,
Brave, true, and kind.