SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE 

 GUILDHALL, LONDON, 



Hv COLONEL ROOSEVELT, 



May 31, 1910. 



Ladies and Gentlemen, — It is a peculiar pleasure to 

 me to be here. And yet I cannot but appreciate, as we 

 all do, the sadness of the fact tliat I come here just 

 after the death of the Sovereign whom }'ou so mourn, 

 and whose death caused such an outburst of sympatliy 

 for you tlu'oughout the civilized world. One of the 

 tilings I shall never forget is the attitude of that great 

 mass of people, assembled on the day of the funeral, 

 who, in silence, in perfect order, and with uncovered 

 heads, saw the body of the dead King pass to its last 

 resting-place. I had the high honour of being deputed 

 to come to the funeral as the representative of America, 

 and by my presence to express the deep and universal 

 feeling of sympathy wliich moves the entire American 

 people for the British people in their hour of sadness 

 and trial. 



I need hardly say how profoimdly I feel the high 

 honour that you confer upon me — an honour great in 

 itself, and great because of the ancient historic associa- 

 tions connected with it, with the ceremonies incident to 

 conferring it, and with the place in which it is conferred. 

 I am very deeply appreciative of all that this ceremony 

 means, all that this gift implies, and all the kind words 



which Sir Joseph Dimsdale has used in conferring it. 



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