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navian languages, by tbeir judicious distribution among the 
representatives of various countries and the visitors there¬ 
from, would have met a want seriously felt by the Commission 
and proved of immense material advantage to the State. 
Fourthly, I must not be deterred by a false delicacy from 
suggesting, that it ill comports with the honor and dignity of a 
great State to require bf those whose zeal for the common 
good and common honor may lead them to sacrifices in its 
behalf, that not only time and service shall be freely given 
but that even expenditures of money necessary to a successful 
issue of their labors shall be a drain upon their own private 
resources. 
CONCLUSION. 
The foregoing prominent errors in the policy of the past 
have doubtless grown out of a lack of just appreciation of the 
importance of these vast international enterprises, which, while 
they incidentally involve marked advantage to individuals, 
localities, and communities, nevertheless were instituted and are 
carried forward with the noble purpose of establishing peace, 
harmony and friendly intercourse among all nations, as a means 
of advancing civilization everywhere, and so lifting up the 
whole human race. 
When the monarchs and despots of the old world have 
risen to the sublime height of recognizing the dignity of 
labor and the just claims of the ^vorkiog classes of the peo¬ 
ple to the amelioration of their material and social condition, 
by education and the manifold applications of science; when 
they lead, moreover, in the grand work of diffusing knowl¬ 
edge and liberal ideas and sentiments throughout the world 
and among all men, is it not time that the free, intelligent 
and liberty-loving rulers and people of republican America 
awake to a sense of the duty of joining heartily with them in 
this glorious march of mankind ? 
I am, Sir, very respectfully. 
Your obedient servant, 
J. W. HOYT, 
Prest, Wisonsin Com. to Paris Exposition. 
