A wise nation preserves its records, gathers up its muniments, decorates the tombs of its illustrious dead, repairs its great public structures, and fosters national pride and love of country, by perpetual references to the sacrifices and glories of the past.
一个明智的国家会保存它的记录，收集它的纪念品，装饰它杰出的死者的坟墓，修复它伟大的公共建筑，并通过对过去的牺牲和荣耀的永久引用来培养民族自豪感和对国家的爱。