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wonderful achievement it was ! And immeasurable in its 

 results ! 



Has any statesman ever constructed a theory so useful ? 

 Has any politician ever devised a policy so far-reaching 

 in its results? Has any soldier, with legions behind him, 

 ever won so glorious a conquest? 



Modestly, unassuming, and painstakingly, these men 

 have labored, and have left to the world a legacy of untold 

 worth, of unequaled largeness, and of most lasting endur- 

 ance : one that shall be shared by all men alike, whether 

 they be old or young, rich or poor, learned or unlearned. 

 So long as men plow and sow, so long as men need bread 

 and meat, so long as nations live and survive, so long 

 shall the names of Liebig, of Boussinganlt, of Lawes and 

 Gilbert, of Hellriegel and Wilfarth be honored and es- 

 teemed and glorified as world benefactors and as beacon 

 lights of the human race. 



