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proud to claim St. Louis, Missouri takes an interest in St. 

 Louis and takes pride in her progress. And if St. Louis 

 but felt the same interest and extended the same courtesy 

 to the State upon every occasion that the State does to St. 

 Louis there would be that warmth of feeling, that fraternal 

 regard which should exist between the country and the city 

 and the absence of which we have for so long deplored. 

 We are all Missourians ; we feel proud of the State, and 

 the very mention of the name of the Commonwealth should 

 arouse within us a feeling of pride. We should take an in- 

 terest in the welfare and the progress of this Commonwealth, 

 and every man should feel it to be his duty to put his 

 shoulder to the wheel and do what he can to increase the 

 wealth and the glory of Missouri. 



On behalf of the Commonwealth I am glad of this oppor- 

 tunity, Mr. Chairman, to pay tribute to the memory of the 

 distinguished citizen in whose honor we are assembled this 

 evenin<y. He was a Missourian whose fame was not con- 

 fined to the City of St. Louis nor, indeed, to the State of 

 Missouri, nor to the United States. The presence of these 

 distinguished guests this evening attests the estimate in 

 which he was held by the scientific world ; and on the part 

 of the people of Missouri I desire to extend to those gen- 

 tlemen a cordial greeting. And on the part of Missouri, 

 also, sir, to say that we honor and shall continue to revere 

 the memory of Henry Shaw. 



Tlie Chairman: The Governor has truly said, gentle- 

 men, that the name and fame of Henry Shaw and of the 

 institutions which he founded are not confined to the City 

 of St. Louis or the State of Missouri. Will you allow me 

 for a few moments to call your attention to some of the ex- 

 pressions of regret from those whom we had the honor to 

 invite, but who were prevented from attending? I am 

 sure that these tributes will be acceptable. 



