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all liuinan souls have marvelous ])owers wrapped up in tliein, and 

 tliese powers have scope, and I'eward.and honor every wliere ! J)eeds 

 are greater than words. Deeds, as the outcome of work, when they 

 are worthy, are the translation of the soul into sublime and abiding 

 jjroot's that we have not wasted life. For 



" We live in deeds, not years; in tlioughts, not breaths; 

 In feelings, not in figures on a dial. 

 We sliould count time by beart-throbs. Ke most lives 

 Wlio thinks most, feels tiic noblest, aets the best." 



Gentlemen of the Fair Association, you have contributed, in a 

 manner which all good citizens should a[)preciate, towards the object 

 which I have thus imperfectly brought before you We stand in the 

 midst of products wliich are themselves the beautiful proofs of the 

 worth of work ; and the design you have, by this means, to stimulate 

 and cultivate, especially within the domain of agriculture and art, a 

 love for work, and a i)uri)ose to make it more and more profitable, 

 both to the worker and to the i)ublic, deserves the highest praise. 

 Our homes, in a climate so genial that it has become proverbial ; in 

 a State, so rich in possibilities of culture and discovery, that its name 

 is almost a synonym for gold; in an age which, though inclined to 

 be boastful, can hardly exceed the facts in the enumeration of its 

 advantages, should Ijc the most charming, and refined, and beautiful 

 homes on earth. Our people, so bountifully blessed of heaven, 

 should be the model i)eople in all that can make manhood worthy 

 of all mankind. Peace, plenty, piety, should here abide, if nature's 

 lessons are heeded and obe.yed. From year to year, you will gather 

 the symbols of these guardian spirits, both for the admiration and 

 inspiration of every class of our citizens; and these shall long be 

 witnesses that varied, productive, skill-guided work is the grandest 

 element of success that California exhibits for the imitation of the 

 world. 



Witness the hands of the Directors of the Golden Gate District 

 Fair Association, at the City of Oakland, December first, eighteen 

 hundred and seventy-eight. 



E. H. PARDEE, 

 GRANT 1. TAGGART, 

 P. A. FI NIG AN, 

 CHAS. H. CUSHING, 

 E. H. MTLLFR, .Tr., 

 A. C. DIETZ, 



^ Directors. 



