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them out, has passed from among us a day, in this case, 

 which I pray for your own sake and for our sakes, may 

 be long delayed. But the hour is late ; others you await. 

 So far as the City of Salem is concerned, I would thank 

 you for the courtesy you have extended to her on this 

 occasion. She has always watched with pride and satis- 

 faction the onward, upward course of the Essex Institute, 

 an institution which she regards as one of her own, and as 

 among her children ; and I feel that I can pledge you not- 

 withstanding the small margin which allows me to speak 

 for her at all, I feel that I can pledge you, certainly, with 

 the consent of the gentleman opposite, the earnest coop- 

 eration and best wishes in the cause of science as ad- 

 vanced by the Essex Institute. 



Hon. MARSHALL P. WILDER was introduced as the Pres- 

 ident of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 

 and as the President of the American Pomological Soci- 

 ety. "By their fruits ye shall know them." 



MR. PRESIDENT : You have called on me to respond 

 for two institutions, and thus to do double duty while I 

 am scarcely able to perform the service for one satisfac- 

 torily. But, sir, I am most happy to be here and to en- 

 joy the privileges and pleasures of this most interesting 

 occasion. Three years ago the New England Historic- 

 Genealogical Society celebrated its twenty-fifth anniver- 

 sary, when we were honored with your presence ; and I 

 am here now to reciprocate that favor, to join heart and 

 hand in this festival, and to assure you of our desire to 

 cooperate with you in efforts to promote the welfare of 

 your association. Most heartily do I congratulate you on 

 the prosperity of your institution and upon the great good 

 it has already accomplished for the world. It is not often 

 that the founders of institutions live to reap the harvest 



