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people so that they may be in a position to realize on the natural resources 

 of the country. It may be said that I am suggesting expenditures of 

 money or asking for subscriptions. What I am asking for, however, is 

 not expenditure of money. I am asking you to make the best invest- 

 ment you ever made in your lives. The opportunity is in your hands. 

 Your children are certainly not behind those of any other country. 

 Personally, I have come to the conclusion that I have neve^r come across 

 a brighter child than the native Canadian child. You have a population 

 whose individuals, with proper training and adequate inducement 

 offered to them, are capable of holding their own scientifically with the 

 citizens of any civilized country in the world. You have the human 

 asset ; you have the natural resources. 



In the beginning of my speech I mentioned my ancestor who tucked 

 himself away in his stable and mucked away over his experiments. 

 With you practical questions are dealt with in a practical way. As a 

 nation you have proved yourselves in war and in peace capable and 

 qualified to deal with your problems. 



For the problem of which I have been speaking I ofTer no solution. 

 You yourselves must find the solution, as you know, and you are working 

 on it. I can only wish you Godspeed in the great work which you are 

 doing, and I feel confident that the success which you have achieved in 

 the past is only a guarantee of greater success which you will achieve in 

 the future. (Applause.) 



