Here. surely. is an answer to the discontent and criticism which proclaim that America is no longer iI land of preferment. and that the door of opportunity has been shut in the face of the poor and the deserving. Here. surely. is full illustration of the great truth that under the shield of the great Republic the race is still to the man of resolution. of character. and of effort. that merit will win its rewards and moral courage its victories. that our people appreciate selfeffort and make tribute to private integrity and political virtue. For this young man. the descendant of emigrants seeking fairer skies and better lands and freer governments. born in obscurity. reared in poverty. and circumscribed by their limitations. slowly. painfully but surely met difficulty and surmounted it. encountered obstacles and overcame them. measured his lance with adversities and overthrew them. Undaunted by a forbidding environment and undiscouraged by the keen rivalries of a competing world. he made a fulcrum for the lever of his purpose and lifted all hindrances impeding his pathway until his people. perceiving his worth and proud of his successes. commissioned him to vote and speak for them in the Capitol of the Nation. Here the Senators career. though tragically brief. fully vindicated their confidence and affection.
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