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..ag 1.15 fly' 1+ g L: ?.. .V , Pl in 5' li: c :rf-4 1- ' use-.aw fw-ann. 1 -.4 f ns. , 4 ,Ei . 4 , 1 - r 9, 1 5 1, if 4 152 Work in that it tries to lead men back to the first principles. I need hardly add that I heartily sympathize with its purposes. It affords me peculiar pleasure this evening to be in the com- pany of men who hold the memory of their an- cestors in gratitude and reverence. Macaulay has Well 'said that a people which takes no pride in the noble achievementsof remote ancestors will never achieve anything .Worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants. The rise of the Dutch Republic is a period in the World's history fraught With momentous signifi- cance. The gigantic figures of William the Silent, Maurice of Nassau, DeWitt, Von Tromp, and De Ruyter, to this day loom up grand and majestic. fflpplausej p The achievements of the Dutch in the cause of political freedom and religious toleration, in com4 rnerce, in science, and in art, have been various and splendid. Indeed, any nation might Well be proud of such a long succession of great soldiers, statesmen, natural philosophers, and painters as the Dutch have given to the World. QAppZcmse.D But the people that succeeded in reclaiming land from the sea-the people that, in the defence of their country, dared to cut the dykes which held back the Waters of the ocean-were not made of common stuff. The narrow limits 'of their country could not confine their activities. They had to expand, the result is history. Cflpplausej They set a king upon the throne of England g they planted colonies in the Wilds of Africa, they founded cities and settlements in the New World, they spread their dominion over the islands of the East Indies.
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