Abstract

Mr.President,Members of the Association Ladies and Gentlemen, I reciprocatethe sentiment which has just been expressed by your president, namely. That of mutuality.I should not think this was a proper occasion unless.I had the privilege of being here.I believe I hold the unique distriction of never having missed a meeting of this Association.I hope I can continue to hold that distinction for several hundred years to come. as I knew of no event in my public like to which I look forward with more interest than this annual assemblage. I believe I am the one Poet, of world-wide repute, who has devoted a volume to the songs of this Association"I Wish you would sing more of them than you.do.

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