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

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GEORGE LAWYER

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1 Cla w lf, .g Ig i Rf G!! . Q fS3E,si61vis9' A ADDRESS OF MR. LAWYER. Mr. P76SZbi67Zf amz' Members of like Holland Sbczkiy .- T is always a tribute to the strength and virtue of a nationthat her sons do not forget her. The people withouta history of struggle and sacrifice, victory and defeat, have little interest to remind themselves of their distinctive nationality. Men will not continue to meet together year after year to honor base deeds or in praise of the physical or moral cowardice of a race. There are instances, indeed, where men have disowned the land of their nativity because of its shame and dishonor, and have refused longer to be called her sons. It is, therefore, not only a significant privilege, but a heritage of priceless value that, as members of the Holland Society and as loyal Americans, you may gather again to-night with a just and generous pride of Dutch prowess and influence in the his- tory of the world. I lack the distinction of being a member of your honorable order, yet I do not feel altogether out of place in an assemblage of enthu- siastic' Dutchmen, for my own ancestry g0CS far back to the land of dikes and windmills. And I am especially glad to represent a section of our State 111 which has been 'retained and transmitted in its best features the true characteristics of Dutch life. I 45