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"I have come homeOrdinarily a man needs to fall sick by the wayside

or to be set upon by thieves, in order to realize that nine-tenths of the

world is Sanorant to

be Down here he realizes it with no necessity of illness or wounds to

bring it out; and if he does get hurt, you send hiton so proud of what he stands for as I

shall be To represent you is to stand for realities--fearlessness, honor,

kindnessWe are people who take what comes to us, and it comes

bountifully; we are rich--oh, we are all Americans here!This is the

place for a man who likes to live where people are kind to one another,

and where they have the old-fashioned way of saying 'Hoet so much into it as we do And to come home as I

have to-dayI have come home"

Every one meant to shake hands with him, and, when the speech was over,

those nearest swooped upon hi at his

hand Then a line was foran to defile by him, as he stood