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We shall not easily forget this splendid and impressive assembly in 

 which all of our countries were represented nor that manifestation of 

 enthusiasm of the nations to the south of the United States for the 

 generous hospitality which this great people and their Government have 

 shown to the delegates; and the noble thoughts of President Wilson in 

 his address of the 6th instant which have permitted us to feel that 

 American fraternity is not an idle dream but that it is, on the contrary, 

 the basis of our future, and that we should carry to our homes, more or 

 less distant, the warmth of the lofty and virile ideals in the midst of which 

 the memorable sessions of the Second Pan American Scientific Congress 

 were held. 



Gentlemen, I drink to the happiness of the Americas, to the diffusion 

 of public instruction in the humblest of American homes, and to that 

 true loyalty which must ever reign in the relations of our peoples in their 

 dealings with each other. 



Mr. I/ansing introduced his excellency the Bolivian minister in these 

 words : 



We have now covered Pan America, having heard from the three 

 Americas. I think it is therefore fitting, gentlemen, that we should offer 

 this toast to the Presidents of the Republics which are represented here as 

 our guests. The next gentleman whom I shall call upon to address us is 

 well known in Washington, for he has served his country here for twelve 

 years. He is a man whom we all know, whom we respect and whom 

 we love. I will call upon the minister of Bolivia to address you. 



ADDRESS OF HIS EXCELLENCY SR. IGNACIO CALDERON. 



Having fulfilled our mission, we meet here now, around this hospitable 

 board, thanks to the graciousneSs of his excellency the Secretary of State 

 and the distinguished delegates of this country, not to say good-by, but 

 simply, au revoir. It is proper that in words of cordiality and in behalf of 

 the delegations of the sister Republics of the United States, I fulfill the 

 agreeable duty of expressing our deep and grateful appreciation for the 

 friendly reception given us by the Federal authorities, the high officials of 

 the Government, His Excellency President Wilson, and the distinguished 

 Secretary of State. Nothing could have been also more touching and grat- 

 iiying than the way the worthy people of this beautiful Capital have taken 

 us into their hospitable homes, showing us every kind of attention, which 

 will remain as one of the happiest recollections of our visit. 



It is not in a spirit of invidious satisfaction that we are proud of our 

 democratic institutions, but rather under a solemn sense of duty and re- 



