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But The Closer We Study Their Lives, And The Better We Know Their Deeds, The More Profound Is Our Admiration And The Greater Our Reverence For The Pilgrim Fathers. Between The Drafting Of Their Immortal Charter Of Liberty In The Cabin Of The Mayflower And The Fruition Of Their Principles In The Power And Majesty Of The Republic Of The United States Of To-day Is But A Span In The Records Of The Word, And Yet It Is The Most Important And Beneficent Chapter In History. To Be Able To Claim Descent From Them, Either By Birth Or Adoption, Is To Glory In Kinship With God's Nobility.

When Franklin Drew The Lightning From The Clouds, He Little Dreamed That In The Evolution Of Science His Discovery Would Illuminate The Torch Of Liberty For France And America. The Rays From This Beacon, Lighting This Gateway To The Continent, Will Welcome The Poor And The Persecuted With The Hope And Promise Of Homes And Citizenship.

It Was For Columbus, When The Right Hour Struck, Forced And Propelled By This Fresh Life, To Reveal The Land Where These New Principles Were To Be Brought, And Where The Awaited Trial Of The New Civilization Was To Be Made.

It's Pleasant To Hear These Nice Words While I'm Still Alive. I'd Rather Have The Taffy Than The Epitaphy.

My Dinners Have Never Interfered With My Business. They Have Been My Recreation. . . A Public Banquet, If Eaten With Thought And Care, Is No More Of A Strain Than A Dinner At Home.