SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE 
GUILDHALL, LONDON, 
By COLONEL ROOSEVELT, 
May 31, 1910 . 
Ladies and Gentlemen,— It is a peculiar pleasure to 
me to be here. And yet I cannot but appreciate, as we 
all do, the sadness of the fact that I come here just 
after the death of the Sovereign whom you so mourn, 
and whose death caused such an outburst of sympathy 
for you throughout the civilized world. One of the 
things I shall never forget is the attitude of that great 
mass of people, assembled on the day of the funeral, 
who, in silence, in perfect order, and with uncovered 
heads, saw the body of the dead King pass to its last 
resting-place. I had the high honour of being deputed 
to come to the funeral as the representative of America, 
and by my presence to express the deep and universal 
feeling of sympathy which moves the entire American 
people for the British people in their hour of sadness 
and trial. 
I need hardly say how profoundly I feel the high 
honour that you confer upon me—an honour great in 
itself, and great because of the ancient historic associa¬ 
tions connected with it, with the ceremonies incident to 
conferring it, and with the place in which it is conferred. 
I am very deeply appreciative of all that this ceremony 
means, all that this gift implies, and all the kind words 
which Sir Joseph Dimsdale has used in conferring it. 
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