THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION 
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have come to the conclusion either that 
the time is not right for such a gift or 
that it would not be the complete bene- 
fit I would wish it to be. It would de- 
prive others of the responsibility and 
pleasure of giving and it might give the 
impression that I had so completely 
taken Arc Am A and its work in my 
care as to make it a one man affair. 
Sometime I may see my way clear 
to carry out this long cherished intent 
to good advantage to all concerned.” 
The gift was never made, but we 
hold our kind friend in as deep grati- 
tude as if he had made it. 
Our next largest contributor was the 
late Honorable Zenas Crane of Dalton, 
Massachusetts. His gifts were repeated 
and many, and never did a letter of 
appeal go to him without a response of 
usually fifty or one hundred dollars. 
In this connection, so far as the call 
to “carry on” comes to our present 
Sound Beach: 
Mr. Albert Ferris 
Mr. Lewis H. Freedman 
Mrs. Grace Lee Smidt 
Mrs. J. Edgar Willing 
Greenwich : 
Mrs. Elizabeth Milbank Anderson 
Commodore E. C. Benedict 
Mr. E. C. Converse 
Mr. George Lauder, Jr. 
Mr. Frederick C. Manvel 
Mr. R. J. Walsh 
Mr. Charles T. Wills 
Stamford : 
Mr. William B. Beckley 
Mr. Harry Bell 
Mr. George C. Bi.ickensderfer 
Mr.' Belden B. Brown 
Mr. John A. Brown 
Judge John Clason 
Mr. Albert Crane 
Mr. J. Walter Davis 
Mr. Seth G. Fessenden 
Mr. Clinton R. Fisher 
Dr. Amos J. Givens 
Dr. Ernest J. Lederle 
Mr. Charles O. Miller 
Honorable E. L. Scofield 
Mrs. Walter M. Smith 
prospective friends, the words of 
Abraham Lincoln in his famous Gettys- 
burg dedication speech seem especially 
adapted : 
“The world will little note, nor long 
remember, what we say here, but it 
can never forget what they did here. 
It is for us, the living, rather to be dedi- 
cated here to the unfinished work 
which they . . . have thus far so 
nobly advanced. It is rather for 11s to 
be here dedicated to the great task re- 
maining before us — that from these 
honored dead we take increased devo- 
tion to that Cause for which they gave 
the last full measure of devotion.” 
The angel of death has deprived 11s 
of many of our very, very good friends, 
and it seems fitting that our gratitude 
should include definite mention of some 
who have passed on from this life, leav- 
ing the responsibility to carry on un- 
lessened and the joy of giving not 
marred. 
Mr. William D. Smith 
Mr. Warren H. Taylor 
Elsewhere : 
Mr. Samuel P. Avery, Hartford, 
Conn. 
Professor Charles E. Bessey, Lin- 
coln, Neb. 
Mr. Jefferson Butler Detroit, Mich. 
Mr. John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, 
N. Y. 
Honorable Zenas Crane, Dalton, 
Mass. 
Mr. Thomas Edwards, Rye, N. Y. 
Mr. R. M. Erving, Groton, Mass. 
Mr. Arthur A. Estabrook, Boston, 
Mass. 
Dr. Lewis Henry Jones, Ypsilanti, 
Mich. 
Mr. J. Langeloth, Riverside, Conn. 
Mrs. Olive Thorne Miller, Los An- 
geles, Cal. 
Reverend C. Richard Oertel, Cuba. 
Mr. John Phin, Paterson, N. J. 
Mrs. M. Louisa Ross, New York City. 
Honorable Eugene Secor, Forest 
City, Iowa. 
Honorable D. O. Wickham, Cleve- 
land, Ohio. 
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