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best of all, and so recognized the world over, his panoramas 
of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. In aboriginal art he has 
determined the significance of the serpent, the swastika, the 
meander and many other previously obscure symbols. In the 
textile art he has identified various quadrupeds and birds so 
long regarded as geometric figures. In the more ordinary. 
occupations of the aborigines he has located and surveyed the 
great quarries from which weapons and other implements were 
derived. Most of us thought we saw in the ruder objects of 
stone evidences of paleolithic man. It was Holmes who solved 
the world enigma of the so-called turtleback. 
As a painter he has had his work hung in places of 
honor throughout America. But the end is not yet. He has 
produced within the past year works in oil, good enough to 
place him among the foremost landscape painters of the world. 
As aman and a friend all here know him and I will only 
speak for myself. I have undertaken few things in my life 
that I did not consult hin. If I have failed it was not because 
of. his advice; if I have succeeded in aught, I give him the credit. 
I felicitate our honored guest, I felicitate this company, and I 
felicitate myself on the occasion which has made possible this 
expression of our regard and esteem, for we all love him. 
(Signed) DE LANCEY GILL 
(On the occasion of Dr. Holmes' 
70th birthday banquet, December 
1, 1916. See the 500 page volume 
of essays) 
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