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taiiii'd from it to be Ijcnefactors of mankind in this iK'autiriil 

 state. 



And 1 have anotluT prayer lo the exeeiiLives of this stale, 

 wlio may come and go — politics change — 1 want tliem to keep 

 those magnificent old spirits, Commissioner lioot, (Jommissioncr 

 Wilhird, Commissioner Boardman and the others I will not 

 name, in the posts of duty wliere they are accomplishing so miu-h 

 good. (Applause). 



Xow, gentlemcji, the Amerean I'isheries Society are a very 

 good people. ]\Iodesty forbids us telling how good we are, bui 

 honesty compels ns to admit it. (Laught-er). This world 'n 

 made up of very bad ])eople. Iiad people, good peo)iie, very good 

 people, extraordinarily good ])eople and the American Fisheries 

 Society. (Great laughtei- and applause). Xow. tliat may seem 

 a hard saving, it may s(H'in boastful, but 1 call on you to remem- 

 ber that when our blessed Savioi' eame on eai'lli. one of the 

 miracles that he perfornuMl to testify liis great powei'. the omni- 

 potence delegateil to him. was to multiply the lishes in the sea. 

 That miracle, ! sav re\ci-ent ially. Your Excellency, tbi'ough th^' 

 aids of science, through the work of these noble men wlio con- 

 stitute the" working Force of this great society, we are accom- 

 plishing today. Then' is hardly a river in oui' myriads of 

 streams, there is not a coast on our illimitable line, that is not 

 blessed and multiplied by the work of the TJnitetl State's Fisli 

 Commission, the State Commissions, the American Fisheries So- 

 ciety throwing in its moral force, its investigation, its uniting of 

 all the men engaged in tliis great work. They are not woi-king 

 for fame, nor for fortune. They are working for the |uiblic 

 good, and years hence along this shore of your beautiful bay, 

 men will rise up to tall blessed the commissioners of fisheries 

 wlio during their brief span of life have labored faithfully with- 

 out fee, without salary, without compensation otlier tlian thai 

 chiefest of all compensations, the consciousness of a gooil dutv 

 well performed. (Applause). 



And. gentlenu'n. again one and all. you people of IMiod • 

 Island, we shall carry to our distant homes the i)leasant<'st re- 

 membrance of \oui- kind welcome and the charming feast you 

 s])read for us today wlien we came among you with apitetite.^ 

 saved up to enjoy it. (;oo<l-bye! ( Great a])plause ) . 



