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170 my reticence might have suggested William the Silent. Qflpplause and great lcmghterj I accepted your invitation gladly, because I know by observation that one can learn much more by seeing things than by reading about them. I had read of the way the early Dutch lived here, and I wanted to come in order that I might have an object-lesson, for, of course, your banquet here is made as much as possible like the dinners that they had upon Manhattan in the early days. I can almost see those Dutch now, and I can hear them, or I thought I heard them when I heard the rattle of your wooden shoes upon the iloor. Clough- terj But, do you know, I have been wondering since I came if a part of the history of these early settlers had not been left untold. We all know that the English came one time and took posses- sion. Now, I have been among the English lately, and I cannot believe that they would do anything so impolite, at least those whom I met were not, I am sure, responsible for anything very bad. And this is the way I explain it: The Dutch were eating then, as you are eating now, they had a sumptuous repast, and the English, learning of it, were simply unable to withstand the temptation to take possession of the tables. I And if the Dutch who were at the tables felt as little like fighting as I do now, they did not make a very vigorous re- sistance. CLcmghter.j But as soon as they had time to digest their food and rest a little, they went and took back the tables from the English. I am satisfied that that accounts for the temporary cession of Manhattan Island. , 'fflpplausej I am glad to be here, glad to see you, and to learnxjust how they did in those days, for I think I under-
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