PREFATORY WORD 



nent prosperity, will depend the individual 

 well-being of millions of this and many 

 generations. Largely by this method will 

 posterity, our fit and righteous judge, 

 determine whether what issues from the 

 crucible of this twentieth century is a bit of 

 rejected dross to be cast aside, or a drop of 

 golden metal to shine forever upon the 

 rosary of the years." From Hon. James J. 

 Hill's Minnesota State Fair Address, Sep- 

 tember, 1906. 



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