HAMLIN AND SPEED DEVELOPMENT 



" In the normal order pleasures, great and small, 

 are stimulants to the processes by which life is main- 

 tained." When a man of tireless ambition and crea- 

 tive power gives free rein to desire, making incessant 

 use of his power, suddenly steps from the tumultuous 

 zone of activity into the realm of aimless passivity, 

 it is fitting that memory should survive. In recalling 

 incidents of the long ago, in living over again the 

 stirring scenes of the past, he obtains that enjoyment 

 which restores functional balance and smooths the 

 journey down the slope to the sleep which is absolute, 

 the end of human aspiration and endeavor, which 

 sooner or later enfolds all mortality. Mr. Hamlin 

 died at his home in Buffalo in February, 1905. 



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