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·       you adequately or suihciently graciously, for tl1e many kind things vvlneh m;
  j ,` have been said of me on this occasion, and for the generous spirit of love gg
y   and affection that has prompted the gift of this portrait on the part of certain co
t :¥` . of the Alumni to the Universitv
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  “lo 1ny way of thinking, lt 15 a happy way in wlnch to express your co
    affection for an old friend and teacher, thus to honor him during his lifetime, fo
      as the- years ot his labors slant somewhat to their close, and a fine, splendid way su
V     . in which to contribute to the higher ideals and traditions of the University, su
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    `_ “I am grateful to all of you here tonight for the appreciative manner in Wi
  li Z wlnch you have entered into the spirit of this occasion. You have come tn W]
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A.} ;, L the feast in your wedding garments—to be happy and to be glad—with some- th,
      tlnng of the gladness and happiness, of a time, ‘when all the world was young]
    · I am grateful to the artist who painted this portrait——Mr. Ferdinand Grahznii thi
N my VValker, of I.Oll1S\.'1llC-—?1ll(l for the rare svmpathv which he displayed witle ra-
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5 { iw { the moods and tenses of a somewhat high-strung man, and for lns gentle, kindly Wi
gi i“ T; i efforts to break the monotony of the sittings which otherwise mi »·ht have nroveii Y
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Q_     tedious and irksome. I am grateful to tlns young lady friend for her appre- su
Q,   ciative and exquisite reading of my simple verses, and to a dear friend, of VO
i 1 g longer standing, for the exquisite songs that she has sung—to my dear daughter pa
,, ;y it for the gentle, graceful way in which she has unveiled her father`s portrait, and 93
y,   to these two dear friends for all the kindly things which they have had tls an
E`   say concerning me, and for the generous estimate, which they have been good
,~   enough to place upon the little that I have been able to accomplish in my an
V   chosen field of work. I am likewise grateful to these dear women for their vi;
t     pains in making attractive and beautiful this old room. In fact, with Tinv 'l`iiii. wi
  I am disposed to say-—‘God bless us every onc.’ wi
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~~ ·     “I trust, however, that I shall always have the good sense to perceive thatl of
  111 no way deserve the many kind things which you have been led to sav of mr. ho
V     or the many gracious, charming courtesies which you have been so good as lr an
gzip extend to me on tlns occasion. Indeed, I have always tried to keep in mind wlizrt cr
  old ]ohn Dillon said relative to his great achievements in the domain of phvsie mz
_   and chemistiy, namely, that if he had been able to accomphsh anything over ani tu
gu   above that ordinarily accomplished by his fellowmen, and bv his coutemporaricé
{Ea, in the little, quiet world in wlnch he moved and lived, it was not by reason