Acres of Diamonds: The Speech Part 15
Arise, ye millions of Philadelphians, trust in God and man, and believe in the great opportunities that are right here not over in New York or Boston, but here–for business, for everything that is worth living for on earth. There was never an opportunity greater. Let us talk up [...]

Acres of Diamonds: The Speech Part 16
We had a Peace Jubilee here after the Spanish War. Out West they don’t believe this, because they said, “Philadelphia would not have heard of any Spanish War until fifty years hence.” Some of you saw the procession go up Broad Street. I was away, but the family wrote [...]

Acres of Diamonds: The Speech Part 17
The bands played, and all the people turned out to receive us. I marched up that Common so proud at the head of my troops, and we turned down into the town hall. Then they seated my soldiers down the center aisle and I sat down on the front [...]

Acres of Diamonds: The Speech Part 18
Oh dear, dear, dear! how little that good man knew about war. If he had known anything about war at all he ought to have known what any of my G. A. R. comrades here to-night will tell you is true, that it is next to a crime for [...]