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come to greet you. The flower-decked vales, and the sunlit slopes, and 

 the earth, and the skies, from which the people seem to have partaken 

 their generous, hospitable, California natures, invite you. Come! Come 

 in your youth; in the full possession of manly vigor and pride. Come in 

 middle age, so that you may prepare for your journey adown the pathway 

 of life. Come in your mature years, that you may live in comfort and 

 happiness among your contented children, weave the garlands of peace, 

 and among the roses and lilies lay you down to your last rest. 



