But he had given to the world a sublime exhibition of courage, a noble example of duty; had perished for his country as truly as though he had worn its uniform in the lines of battle and on the fields of France; had died a peace-maker and a lamb on sacrifice upon an alter of reconciliation; and best of all, had bequeathed to the world a Vision - which; if never realized in a millenium of the nations, will be forever associated with the name Wilson, will forever hang, like a rainbow, in the world's sky, an ideal and an inspiration, lifting it to higher and to nobler things - one of humanity's immortal dream.