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the world, or beneath the surface of the earth, into 

 dollars for his own immediate profit. He has the 

 same short-sighted policy In his hunting. He is 

 content to gratify the impulse of the hour without 

 thought of those who are to spend their lives here 

 when we have led our brief careers and have gone 

 to a well merited oblivion, to reap our reward — 



Heads without names, no more remembered. 



Let us look this matter squarely in the face. 

 We are the inheritors of these domains. It is one 

 of the most precious assets of posterity. Here, 

 year by year, in steadily increasing proportion, as 

 wisdom more prevails, will men take comfort; and 

 as the comprehension of nature's charms penetrates 

 their minds will they find content. One chief 

 satisfaction that every American feels from the 

 mere fact of his nationality is the full assurance in 

 his heart that any measure founded on sound 

 reason and prompted by generous impulse will 

 receive, if not immediate acceptance, at all events 

 eventual recognition. In the end justice will pre- 

 vail. Thus, in this matter before us, it will 

 naturally take a few years for Congress to realize 

 that a genuine demand exists for the creation of 

 ' these refuges in every State, East as well as West, 

 but the interest in wild creatures, and the desire 



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