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to those matters should prevail in their own country 

 although it could not be done without strife, and they will 

 know how to fully appreciate the moral courage which has 

 resulted in this act on your part, which will be approved 

 by all those whose judgment is based on a broad-minded 

 and impartial examination into this matter. 



"In behalf of Dr. William T. Hornaday, it becomes my 

 pleasant duty to thank you for your appreciation of his 

 services, and to assure you that he will continue to devote 

 his efforts to this noble cause, and persist in his attempts to 

 save from destruction the animals and birds — so beautiful 

 and useful — which are now being slaughtered without pity 

 or mercy." 



It is well to point out the courage of the leading 

 zoologists of France in making this award, in the face of 

 the feeling in Paris against us on the part of the feather 

 trade. Even when it was privately announced that the 

 medal was to be awarded, there were those who did not 

 believe that it ever would come to pass, because of the 

 probability that the feather trade of Paris would object 

 so strongly that the idea would have to be abandoned. It 

 seems, however, that the zoologists and ornithologists of 

 Paris have quite as much courage and determination as the 

 leaders of the feather trade. 



Naturally this episode is interesting to all American de- 

 fenders of birds, and it affords good grounds for the belief 

 that eventually the zoologists of France will bring the 

 French nation up to the highest level in this cause. 



