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It is therefore gratifying to expect days of joy and glory for our America. 

 The ship of our destinies, flying the banner of fraternity and solidarity, 

 which is the motto of Pan Americanism, can not run against any rocks 

 that might hinder her course. The forces of twenty-one countries are 

 united to propel her, and by means of this harmonious impulse moral 

 progress is secured, and the road leading to the achievement of material 

 advancement is directly pursued. 



Messrs. Delegates, under the auspices of the cordial reception accorded 

 us by this country and with our hearts full of faith in the success of the 

 journey, you are going to undertake your labors from which America ex- 

 pects fruitful results. We are in the country of great energies, where 

 every man is an originating power and where every solution spells victory 

 for the welfare of humanity. Let us, we delegates with the Latin soul, 

 prove that we are equally capable of generating energy to insure the 

 well-being of humankind, and that we are likewise able to assist, with a 

 contribution worthy of our brothers of Saxon America, in the work of 

 Pan American communion to which we are invited by the engaging word 

 of President Wilson and his Secretary of State. 



In concluding my remarks I request the congress that, with all standing 

 up, it shall join me in sending the homage of our respectful greetings to 

 the President of the United States, who is to us the highest embodiment 

 of the national entity of this Republic. 



At the conclusion of the president's address, the final words of which 

 brought the entire assemblage to its feet. Secretary General Barrett an- 

 nounced the serious illness of Assistant Secretary General Swiggett and 

 called attention to the Women's Auxiliary Conference that had been 

 organized in connection with the Scientific Congress, with the assistance 

 of Mrs. Lansing, Mrs. Swiggett, and a group of other representative 

 women. 



The following appropriate responses were then made by the chairmen 

 of the official delegations of the Latin American countries on the behalf 

 of their Governments and their peoples: 



ARGENTINA : ERNESTO QUESADA, PROFESSOR UNIVERSITY 



OF LA PLATA. 



Your Excellency, the Vice President of the Republic, the hotwrahle the 

 Secretary of State, Mr. President of the Congress, Ladies and Gentlemen: 

 The Argentine delegation, over which I have the honor to preside, in 



acknowledging the distinguished attentions received alike from authori- 



