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Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. 



Therefore on every morrow are we wreathing 



A flowery band to bind us to the earth, 



Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth 



Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, 



Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkened ways 



Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all 



Some shape of beauty moves away the pall 



From our dark spirits.' 



Let us be thankful to the men who made the park, and to 

 those who have tended it with loving care, and above all to 

 Him whose showers and sunshine crown it with glory and 

 benediction for all the people. Let no vandal hand destroy it, 

 or injure it, or disfigure it or spoil it in any way. For it is 

 ours. It belongs to all for the good of all. And when we 

 are gone, may it continue to brighten the lives and cheer the 

 souls of those who come after us forever." 



After Chancellor MacCracken had introduced Mr. John 

 Mullaly, the secretary and only surviving one of those whose 

 names appear on the tablets, a chorus of school children led by 

 Cornetist Stahl, sang " The Star Spangled Banner " while Mrs. 

 MacCracken pulled the cord which drew aside the flag re- 

 vealing a handsome bronze tablet, the work of the Tiffany 

 Studios inscribed as follows : 



PURSUANT TO AN ACT OF LEGISLATURE PASSED APRIL IQ, 

 1883 MAYOR FRANKLIN EDSON APPOINTED THE FOLLOWING 

 COMMISSION TO SELECT AND LOCATE LANDS FOR PUBLIC PARKS 

 IN THE 23RD AND 24TH WARDS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 

 AND IN THE VICINITY THEREOF : 



Luther R. Marsh, President 

 Louis Fitzgerald Waldo Hutchins 



Charles L. Tiffany George W. McLean 



William W. Niles Thomas J. Crombie 



THE COMMISSION APPOINTED JOHN MULLALY, SECRETARY 

 AND JAMES C. LANE, ENGINEER. 



