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And now, my friends, in closing these remarks, 

 permit me again to say, I thank you from the bottom 

 of my heart for this kind demonstration of your 

 friendship and regard. May the choicest of Heaven's 

 blessings descend and rest on you through life ; and 

 when we shall have passed over to that better land 

 not far away, if any of you shall come where I am, 

 you will be received with open arms and a thankful 

 heart, as a token of my appreciation of the honor 

 conferred on me to-day. 



