Since it is to be a part of the Union again, and loyal forever I hope and believe, we want it strong and prosperous." "I'm with you in that," said Dick, "and I feel it with particular strength while I am here.

There have been many great Virginians and I hope there'll be many more." They also visited Monticello, the famous colonial mansion which the great Jefferson had built, and in which he had lived and planned for the republic.

They trod there with light steps, feeling that his spirit was still present.

Virginia was the greatest of the border states, but it seemed to Dick that here he was in the very heart of the South.

Virginia was the greatest of the Southern fighting states too, and it had furnished most of the great Southern leaders, at least two of her sons ranking among the foremost military geniuses of modern times.