The counsel is spoken. The farewell remains. WASHINGTON I shall carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view my errors with indulgence and that, after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest. [_There is an instant of silence. Then Freedom puts her hands on the shoulders of Washington and Hamilton and looks into their eyes and the distant Chorus sings._] THE CHORUS And in regions far Such heroes bring ye forth As those from whom we came And plant our name Under that star Not known unto our north. FREEDOM (_Speaking above the Chorus._) Ever and ever more, Under the western stars, Over the western lands, My leaders, Your names, Your words, Your dreams! [_She turns with the two men and goes a few steps with them into the darkness above them. Then they go up and she is last seen looking after them. Darkness takes the entire scene._] THE CHORUS And in regions far, Such heroes bring ye forth, As those from whom we came.... _Part Three_ [Illustration] “_Social Freedom_” THE CHRONICLER The nation being established conceives the empire. The race, born of the romance of empire and nourished upon the adventure of freedom, turns to the wilderness. THE CHOIR Pioneers! O Pioneers! THE CHRONICLER Beyond these eastern mountains, the adventure of freedom is resumed, and the romance of empire lives anew! THE CHOIR Pioneers! O Pioneers! [_Freedom turns at the shout and the music begins a soft, wild march theme. Suddenly possessed again, Freedom evokes the Western migration. As she begins to speak the first of it begins: a few timorous stragglers who appear from the trees at the left of the stage and peer up at her. Her gestures sweep them across the scene and they come, stopping here and there to build their camp fires. At the end of her harangue, five or six groups have spaced themselves along the line of the forestage, and from each group and its camp fire rises a thin column of smoke so that the varied and splendid processional of adventure which is to come will be seen behind this delicate colonnade._] FREEDOM