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going to paraphrase something said by Governor 

 Aycock last night. I have dwelt to-day upon the 

 fact that we are indeed a reunited people; that we 

 are indeed and forever one people. The time was 

 when one could not have made that statement with 

 truth; now it can be truthfully said. There was a 

 time when it was necessary to keep saying it, because 

 it was already true, and because the assertion made 

 it more true; but the time is at hand, I think the 

 time has come, when it is not necessary to say it 

 again. Proud of the South? Of course we are 

 proud of the South ; not only Southerners, but 

 Northerners are proud of the South. Proud of your 

 great deeds? Of course I am proud of your great 

 deeds, for you are my people. I thank you from 

 my heart for the welcome you have given me, and I 

 assure you that few experiences in my life have been 

 more pleasant than the experiences of these two days 

 that I have spent among you. 



AT NEW YORK AT THE BANQUET AT SHERRY'S 

 IN HONOR OF DR. NICHOLAS MURRAY BUT 

 LER, PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSI 

 TY, APRIL 19, 1902 



Mr. Chairman, and you, my hosts, and my Fellow- 

 Guests: 



What I am going to say to-night will be based 

 upon the altogether admirable address made this 

 afternoon by my old and valued friend, the new 

 president of your great university, in the course 



