The Holland Society of New York - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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, 53 the theory of universal brotherhood and the capa- city of all peoples to govern themselves. Inspired by the bravery of Washington, the wisdom of Jefferson, and the martyrdom of Lincoln, he fore- sees the time when monarchical government must disappear from the face of the earth, and all forms of serfdom and slavery must be wiped out. As love is the ultimate power to bind the world to- gether in brotherhood, so the justice of full popu- lar representation in government must be the ultimate outcome of the efforts of all the inhabit- ants of the World to preserve law and order and to mete out justice to every human being. Not more potent with me is the admonition,- Love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and soul, and love thy neighbor as thyself, - not more potent is this admonition than the utterance which fell from the inspired lips of Abraham Lincoln on the battle- Held of Gettysburg, an utterance applied by him to the United States of America, but in the ages to come to be applied to all the nations: Govern- ment of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth. H Gentlemen, in the face of that prophecy and in the memory of the man who made it, the phantom of imperialism must disappear from the American mind. I i - Wil i'b1W33lZ7??b. 'il' 1:35 'Gsgggbtou

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Alta ,-MLN 7 fp- X fig! Jfsfglf r f jfifteentb Elnnual flbeeting. HE Fifteenth- Annual Meeting was held on Friday evening, April 6, 1900, in the Red b Room at Delmonico's, which was uncom- ' fortably filled, as more than 230 members had announced their intention of attending, and most of these undoubtedly were present. The members who, in answer to the Secretary's request, had expressed their expectation of coming were : - A From New York City, Boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx: Edward B. -Adriance, Henry M.. T. Beekman, Charles E. Bogert, Edward S. Bogert, fohn G. Bogert, Stephen G. Bogert, William. R. Bogert, William R. Bronk, Bloomfield Brower, john Brower, Ward Brower, William L. Brower, john H. Cooper, Washington L. Cooper, George Be Bevoise, James De La Montanye, Henry C. De Witt, jacob E. Duryee, Peter Eckerson, Dwight L. Elmendorf, Joachim Elmendorf, Alex- ander R. Gulick, john C. Gulick, Ferdinand Has- brouck, Howard Has Brouck, john C. Hasbrouck 54 !