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THE KENTUCKY ALUMNUS. 7  
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rsoiialit? ADDRESS OF DR. JOSEPH H. KASTLE, ’84, AT ALUMNI
°"lt""i“ BANQUET OF UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY,
ch inane JUNE 5, 19]:6.
The following address was made by Dr. I. I·I, Kastle at the Alumni
banquet of the University of Kentucky upon the presentation of his portrait ,
by members of the Alumni to the University: -
“My Friends——I had before me recently, a copy of a note from the Hon. '
Henry \\’atterson, addressed to ljrofessor Anderson, in which he said ‘that the
days of his speech·making ended long ago] As we grow older, we can i
sympathize and appreciate this very sensible point of view, and if the precise ’
truth were known, there are doubtless many of us, less gifted than Mr. E
VVatterson, who might also wish, that the days of our speech—making might °
be over.  
“As an old farmer friend of mine, once complained, we Kentuekians ean`t I
cut a watermelon, without making a twenty minutes speech about it. To speak  
to you, on this occasion, therefore, in fact even to be present—is somewhat of I
an ordeal to me, and if I consulted my own impulses, I would read about this i
beautiful gathering, amid the quiet surroundings of my own breakfast table ,
tomorrow morning, or in my own study—so dillicult it is to control these   `
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