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all the comforts of our home. The man of large business 

 interests whose time is money, is now able to cash it and as he 

 madly rushes from his country seat to his place on 'Change in the 

 busy bustling city, he is no longer detained on the way, for he 

 sleeps and eats and smokes and rests and reads and writes and 

 shaves and bathes while he is being transported with lightning- 

 speed. Among these magnificent structures there is a car called 

 Illinois, and as if to sustain the reputation of the state for which 

 it is named, it is more than all the rest a vision, a dream of the 

 20th century. The architecture, the design, the finishing, the 

 appointments, are all products of a master hand and give unmis- 

 takable evidence of an artist's touch, and as this ''thing of 

 beauty," this traveling home of ease and comfort, this acme of 

 perfection, the pride of the builder, goes flying across the con- 

 tinent, it is a constant reminder, an everlasting advertisement of 

 and an active, moving monument to the great state whose name 

 it bears, Illinois. And I am reminded, and I take this occasion 

 to suggest to you that the car on which you are making your 

 journey, this portion of the great train, furnished by omnipo- 

 tence, this wonderful conveyance on which is your home and all 

 the conveniences that you enjoy, and which car is the product of 

 the supreme architect and builder, is the reality of what the 

 other is a type. 



My fellow citizens, in the naming of your state it would 

 almost seem that the guiding hand of Providence could be seen, 

 or else, after it was named. He fulfilled the prophecy of him who 

 said better than he knew, when he called this spot on the map a 

 name that meant "Superior men." History is full of wonderful 

 achievements accomplished by Illinois men. A mere suggestion, 

 a single reference is sufficient to bring to mind the memory of 

 those whose names were immortalized, and for whom the coun- 

 try was indebted to your own honored state. 



For the heroic deeds of your illustrious sons, and for your 

 many striking examples, worthy of imitation, I would come 

 tonight and lay at your feet as trophies from a grateful people 

 the acknowledgment of a debt they will always be anxious to 



