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tions, shall realize not merely talk of, but realize 

 what the essence of brotherhood is. I congratu 

 late you, as I say, not only because you are bettering 

 yourselves, but because to you, for your good for 

 tune, it is given to better others, to teach, in the 

 way in which teaching is most effective, not merely 

 by precept but by action. The railroad men of this 

 country are a body entitled to the well wishes of 

 their fellow-men in any event, but peculiarly is this 

 true of the railroad men of the country who join 

 in such work as that of the Young Men's Christian 

 Associations, because they are showing by their 

 actions and oh, how much louder actions speak 

 than words! that it is not only possible, but very, 

 very possible and easy to combine the manliness 

 which makes a man able to do his own share of the 

 world's work, with that fine and lofty love of one's 

 fellow-men which makes you able to come together 

 with your fellows and work hand in hand with them 

 for the common good of mankind in general. 



FROM ADDRESS AT DENVER, COL, MAY 4, 1903 



Mr. Governor, Mr. Mayor, and you, my Fellow- 

 Citizens: 



Colorado has certain special interests which it 

 shares with the group of States immediately around 

 it. To my mind one of the best pieces of legisla 

 tion put upon the statute books of the National 

 Government of recent years was the irrigation act; 

 an act under which we declare it to be the national 



