APPRECIATION 



Dear Mr Holmes: 



Because you wear ''the rose of youth" upon you, we 

 need not accept literally in your case the song of the Psalmist 

 that "the days of our years are three-score years and ten," for 

 we, your friends and colaborers in the field of Anthropology, 

 are inclined to feel that you have found the Fountain of Youth 

 from which flow the streams of inspiration and joy so mani- 

 fest in your daily work. 



This volume, therefore, must not be regarded as merely 

 commemorative of the day on which you achieve the seventieth 

 milestone in your journey of life. It is rather an epitome of 

 the influence you have exerted on others through the passing 

 years, a testimonial of your masterly leadership in both 

 Science and Art. You are still at the height of your remark- 

 able activity. At no time in your career have you done more 

 noteworthy work in the advancement of knowledge than you 

 are doing now. So with your splendid reserve of force, and 

 with the inspiration derived from the important results of a 

 generation of research in American Archeology, we hope and 

 expect you will continue to bestow upon us the influence of 

 that experience for years to come. 



Accept then, this book, not as a measure of our indebted- 

 ness for what you have already accomplished, but as a token 

 of our affection, our appreciation, and high esteem. 



F. W. H. 



Washington 



December i, igi6 



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