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ancient corps had met in the dread shock of battle, 

 commanded by the Prince Consort and the Prince 

 Merchant ! 



Alexander wept, they say, when told in his youth 

 that no more worlds remained for him to conquer. 

 Our honored exemplar, guest, and friend, in a ripe 

 old age, with greater wisdom, smiles to see that for 

 him there are no more impossibilities over which he 

 can triumph. So numerous and so striking are his 

 trophies, that it seems even for us, emulators of his 

 fame, there are no more impossibilities to conquer ! 

 But there is one left, for us, for our successors, for all 

 men : the impossibility of finding another Marshall 

 Pinckney Wilder ! 



