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and practical principles and a simultaneous advance in all parts of the 

 world. 



The closing response of the evening for the foreign members was 

 made for Italy by Signer Attilio Brunialti, whose brilliant eloquence 

 at many times during the week had won the admiration of the mem- 

 bers of the Congress. Under the inspiration of this assemblage he 

 fairly surpassed himself, and the following translation of his remarks 

 but poorly indicates the grace and brilliant diction of the original : 



I have had the good fortune to be present in this wonderful country at three 

 international Congresses, that of science, the peace parliament, and the geo- 

 graphic. I wish to record the impression they have excited in my mind, already so 

 favorably inclined by your never-to-be-forgotten and gracious reception. You 

 must, please, allow me to address you in my own language, because the Latin 

 tongue inspires me, because I wish to affirm more solemnly my nationality, and 

 also, because I cannot express my feelings well in a language not familiar to me. 

 My country, the land of Columbus, of Galileo, the nation that more than all others 

 in Europe is an element of peace, is already in itself the synthesis of the three 

 Congresses. And I can call to mind that this land is indebted to geography for 

 the fact of its being made known to the world, because the immortal Genoese 

 pointed it out to people fighting in the old world for a small territory, and opened 

 to mortals new and extensive countries destined to receive the valiant and the 

 audacious of the entire world and to rise like yours to immortal glory. 



Thus the poet can sing, 



L' avanza, 1' avanza 

 Divino straniero, 

 Conosci la stanza 

 Che i fati ti diero; 

 Se lutti, se lagrime 

 Ancora rinterra 

 L' giovin la terra. 



Thus Columbus of old could point out to men who run down each other, 

 disputing even love for fear that man may become a wolf for man the vast 

 and endless wastes awaiting laborers, and give to man the treasures of the fruit- 

 ful land. 'T is in the name of peace that I greet modern science in all its forms, 

 and I say to you chemists: "Invent new means of destruction;" and to you 

 mechanics and shipbuilders: " Give us invulnerable men-of-war and such per- 

 fect cannons, that your own progress may contribute to make war rarer in the 

 world." Then will men, amazed at their own destructive progress, be drawn 

 together by brotherly love, by the development of common knowledge and 

 sympathy, and by the study of geography be led to know that there is plenty of 

 room for every one in the world to contribute to progress and civilization. 



Americans! these sentiments are graven in your country; in point of fact, it is 

 a proof of the harmony that reigns in this Congress between guests come from all 

 parts of the world, that I, an Italian, am allowed to address you in my own lan- 

 guage on American ground, near the Tyrolean Alps, greeted by the music of the 

 R6publicaine French Garde, united in eternal bonds of friendship by the two 

 great goddesses of the modern world, Science and Peace. 



The last speaker of the evening was Hon. Frederick W. Lehmann, 

 Chairman of the Exposition Committee on Congresses, who in elo- 

 quent periods set forth the ambition of the city of St. Louis and the 



