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world, and I find that while we differ somewhat in the 

 methods of approaching things, sometimes in medicine, 

 sometimes law, sometimes religion, that after all we are 

 all heading for one common goal, the betterment of the 

 race and the world in which we live. 



"The year 1915 is fraught with more far-reaching and 

 important events than any other year since the Christian 

 Era began. Empires and kingdoms and principalities may 

 change, but human nature always is the same. But 

 whatever may be the world changes in the future, you 

 have come here to this wonderful peace capital, where 

 all is peace, harmony, beauty, and where you can ex- 

 change a hand-clasp and a smile with your brother, 

 whether he comes from Patagonia or from the very 

 northernmost lands, or from east or west, and we are all 

 friends, working for the common good and with a com- 

 mon high purpose. 



"On behalf of the Exposition and its representatives, 

 I want to say to you, in the language of the old Spaniard 

 from whom we have many beautiful things to remember : 

 'My house is your home.' Therefore, you are most wel- 

 come to our house." 



President Fearing introduced the eminent ichthyolo- 

 gist, Dr. David Starr Jordan, Chancellor of the Leland 

 Stanford University. 



Address of Dr. Jordan. 



"Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : I used to be a 

 fisherman, and according to Isaac Walton it is good 

 enough for any man to be on the right side of a man 

 who knows fish. And I used to know fish at one time, 

 and have always been interested in the problem of what 

 would become of a man if he fell into a fish trap with 

 several tons of salmon in the trap, whether he would 

 swim on the backs of the fishes, or sink like a lead bullet 

 to the bottom. I am much interested to know the solu- 

 tion of this problem, but have never felt personally like 

 experimenting. 



