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seems reasonable, which seems to be sensible. God never made 

 any blunders in his work. It has been man's blunders that 

 have led us into trouble, and his selfish and crabbed nature. 



The main thing for us to do my friends in this world is to 

 make it better, happier, and purer in every way, and so let 

 us come to the fountain of all love and learn what we may. I 

 told you that while apparently every day brings something, yet 

 it has not come true, for there have gone out in the ages past 

 wonderful developments of science and art. I will not prolong 

 these remarks only to say that we do not know what science is 

 going to develop tomorrow. So far it has not upset the record 

 so far as I know, and I do not believe they ever will. 



Mr. O. B. Hadwen. 



I have been exceedingly interested in the lecture. I believe 

 nature has been wonderfully assisted by man. From the sweet- 

 briar of English origin we have thousands of the most beautiful 

 roses. It has been brought about by hybridization, and by the 

 progress that has been made in the past. We can hardly meas- 

 ure the progress to be made in the future. The English haw- 

 thorn has a great variety of colors. 



No one shall foresee or foretell what we shall raise a hundred 

 years hence. Fifty or sixty years ago there were very few roses 

 that I recollect, and 1 had an opportunity of knowing something 

 of them, and today we have such a wonderful variety. There 

 is not a land on the face of the earth that is equal to England for 

 growing the rose. We have in this country Newport, which 

 approaches England in its climatic condition. 



