But God rules here and everywhere. 

 The sceptre from man's hand will pass 

 And o'er him will rule the flowers and grass, 



and so on. After all, the flowers and grass are man's best 

 friends, they give him happiness in life, and cover him, 

 with all his faults and virtues, after death. 

 But what about Hubbard, you ask. He radiates love of 

 the beautiful, the artistic and the useful. 

 He is an inspiration. 



He asks no one to do what he is not willing to do him- 

 self ; and he will do whatever comes to his hand to do. 

 Honest work, done with all your heart and soul, is what 

 you should do and that is the way he works. No one 

 thinks of the clock in the Roycroft Shop. I should think 

 that the man who stole an hour, or minute of time there 

 would feel his own pocket after awhile and wonder who 

 had picked it. 



Once a year, you may go oftener if you wish, Elbert 

 invites to East Aurora a number of Philistines, 

 some of whom, like myself, have been slain many times 

 over with the jaw-bone of Balaam's teacher of languages. 

 This gathering is called the Roycroft Conference. Men 

 and women who think for themselves, but who respect 

 the opinions of others, gather here. 

 You do not find the long-haired man or short-haired 

 woman, but you find the manly man and womanly 

 woman at the Conference each year. If you care to ex- 

 press your opinion no one takes offence so long as you 

 do not run thru the realms of vulgarity, obscenity or 

 profanity these have no cards of admission to the Roy- 

 croft Conference. 



There are lectures at the Chapel and out at the pavilion 

 in the woods, visits to the barn where Ali Baba milks the 

 cows and speaks a wonderful language that all, including 

 the cows, may understand, walks afield and out to the 

 woods where- 



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