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by all the other American Governments of the invitation of the 

 United States Government to participate in this congress, and of 

 the eminent and representative character of the delegates and 

 members who are in attendance from these countries, and that it 

 desires to emphasize the sympathy, cordiality, and unanimity of 

 opinion and sentiment which the delegates of the visiting countries 

 have manifested in all their relations, not only with each other 

 but with the United States delegates, and in conducting the dis- 

 cussions and reaching the conclusions of the congress, thus show- 

 ing a spirit of practical Pan Americanism which deserves the 

 approval of the Governments and peoples of all the participating 

 nations, and which will give this congress a notable position in 

 the history of Pan American gatherings. 



The chairman of the official delegation of Venezuela, his excellency the 

 minister of Venezuela, Dr. Santos A. Dominci, introduced the resolution 

 which he presented on the part of the visiting delegations in the following 

 appropriate words : 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: On behalf of the delegations of 

 Central and South America I have a genuine pleasure in expressing our 

 deep gratitude to the Government of the United States, as well as to the 

 hospitable society of this beautiful Capital, for the many and exquisite 

 courtesies which we have received in the last few days. 



If from the work accomplished in the several sections of this congress 

 we carry a generous store of knowledge for the brain of our studious and 

 thinking America, we also take with us the loftiest sentiments for the 

 unification of our hearts in the ideals of Pan American fraternity. It is 

 undoubtedly the most brilliant achievement of this gathering, of which 

 we are proud, that such Hght and such sentiments have sprung from the 

 very midst of this communion of ideas, in which we, the children of 

 this hemisphere, have strengthened our mutal admiration and affection. 



It seems that the transcendent words which two nights ago the President 

 of the United States spoke still vibrate within these walls. His state- 

 ments were the synthesis of his efforts for union and equality of the free 

 and sovereign Repubhcs of America, a dream of our liberators, a guiding 

 star of hope in the prophetic soul of Bolivar. 



Allow me to read on this solemn occasion a few gems from a document 

 hitherto unpublished, which is preserved in the archives of the Liberator 

 in Caracas,* wherein Simon Bolivar foresees the great benefits of such 

 union which, thanks to the eminent President of this great Nation, we 

 begin to see, not as Bolivar's dream, but as a tangible reality. 



> Published in full, p. 142 of this Report. 



