Excerpt from An Indignity to Our Citizen Soldiers: A Sermon Preached in the First Parish Church, Cambridge, June 1, 1890But it will not, unless we guard it jealously. Even such hours, we must remember, may lose their sanctity, and the glowing eulogies we utter become an empty and hollow mock ery. Let' me confess at once that this danger seems to me very near. Let me confess that I feel a certain sense of depression even now, when I witness or take part in these Observances, and that the honors which we pay to our de parted heroes seem to me to contrast most painfully with the lack of honor paid them during the remainder of the year.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.