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After the dinner there was presented to Merrill a bound volume 

 of more than 200 letters of congratulation and esteem, from his 

 friends and colleagues of this and foreign countries. Concluding his 

 thanks with lines expressive of a hope based upon T. B. Brown's well- 

 known poem, Merrill said: 



" I stand upon the summit of my years," 

 So may it ever be, 

 Not bowed beneath their weight 

 With feet firm planted 

 And soul undaunted 

 I'll stand and contemplate 

 What time has wrought 

 And tremble not 

 For what was, is, or is to be, 

 I'll stand upon the summit of my years. 



