...ome, take thy station by th' intrepid twain That shout o'er th' Athenian tyrants slain By that bold boy, that braved Porsena's flame, And burned his way through torture to his fame— By him, Horatius , stalwart to the last— These are thy kin, these great souls of the past. General Wheeler has never posed as an orator, but his polished address, delivered with much force and earnestness...