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a spur, to make him feel ashamed that his present 

 or his future should fall short of his past. 



So, Judge Harlan, I greet you personally, sir. I 

 wish to express my own personal debt to you for 

 your influence, for your example, but I wish far 

 more, speaking as the representative of all our peo 

 ple, to express the infinite sense of obligation we 

 have to you for having shown by your life what the 

 type of fearless American citizenship should be. 



RECEPTION OF A DELEGATION FROM THE 

 NATIONAL BOARD OF TRADE, WASHING 

 TON, D. C, JANUARY 15, 1903 



Mr. Randall, speaking for the delegation, said: 

 Mr. President, we have come here merely to present 

 ourselves and to make our annual call on the Presi 

 dent of the United States. We thank you for meet 

 ing us. 



The President responded : I shall not try to make 

 you any speech. I wish simply to say what a very 

 real pleasure it is to see you, and also to say this 

 that I am glad to see the meetings of the big busi 

 ness interests take place sometimes in Washington. 

 Nothing can be better both for the business interests 

 and for legislation than to have as close a touch as 

 possible between the elective representatives here and 

 the men whose welfare is so interwoven with what 

 is done in the halls of Congress. It is a very great 

 help to all of us to have you come here. I thank 

 you for coming. 



