This quote is attributed to William E. Gladstone. Regardless of its actual origin, the sentiment remains.
“Show me the manner in which a nation cares for its dead, and I will measure with mathematical exactness the tender mercies of its people, their respect for the laws of the land and their loyalty to high ideals.”
Attributed to William Ewart Gladstone, “Successful Cemetery Advertising,” The American Cemetery, March 1938, p. 13.
This 1994 publication by the James Butler Bonham Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas contains a reprint of Willie Flowers Carlisle, The Old Cemetery. Dallas: Williams Printery (1948), the 1938-1948 Census, and related information including the Trail Driver Sculpture.
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