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world. Her wise and patriotic citizens admitted the claim, and the 

 obligation to go forward. In virtue of a statute in 1855, the com- 

 pletion of the Survey in three more volumes was settled, and the 

 terms in due time arranged. In this arrangement, the late Secretary 

 of the Regents of the University, an honored name, the judicious 

 Beck, now sincerely mourned, gave his full soul and his strong 

 arm to the then Secretary of State. These two were by law the 

 commissioners. The work moved onward again. Favored by Divine 

 Providence as she has been, the State will hold on in her steady, 

 beneficent course to the end, so that the last shout of her glory- 

 shall be "Excelsior!" 



I have done. The light of history illumines our path. I rejoice 

 in beholding this day and this splendid scene. In the Geological 

 Hall you may behold the results : there are treasured up the 

 lasting testimonials of this magnificent Survey, for your vision, 

 improvement, and enjoyment. Born and educated a Yankee ; 

 having dwelt fifty years in Yankee land, and for twenty years been 

 called an adopted son of this Commonwealth, it is my honor to-day 

 to present before you, in my humble way, that glory which is 

 emblazoned by this History upon the Escutcheon of the Empire 

 State. 



