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In another respect is this occasion unusual. The subject of our meeting this evening is 
still in life. Too often, almost universally, tributes of this character are brought after we have 
been laid under the sod. How much better it is that we should strew flowers along life’s path- 
way and make it brighter and pleasanter for those with whom we associate. This is another 
act which I hope may be repeated in the future in New Mexico and in the nation. So, speak- 
ing for the chief executive of this state, and I know that I speak for the citizens of New 
Mexico, I say that I am proud and grateful to receive this monument, which will be preserved 
by the state for all time to come, to one who is worthy of the highest esteem of our great 
people. 
