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bought small railroads, joined them into a larger system, reorganized, merged and improved. He provided a system which helped open up the country and gave freight and passenger services at the lowest rates in America or Europe. He was a builder as opposed to Drew, Fisk and Gould who destroyed the Erie and other properties they bought for their own personal gain. So tonight we proudly salute the Commodore-that man who sold his ,Lg:. V ,W ships and bought into railroads-who had the foresight to put the railroad tracks under Park Avenue and who a hundred years ago, soon after the Civil War, had the courage to think that one day his country would be united, when he said, If Vanderbilt University shall, through its influence con- tribute to strenghthen the ties which should exist between all sections of our common country, I shall feel that it has accomplished one of the objects that led me to take an in- .-. Manga' l 3 1 H. 12
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Many of you are interested in horticulture in one form or another. This involves, careful and knowledgeable grafting and pruning. A family is somewhat the same. The Commodore pruned off his ships and grafted on the new lifeblood of railroads. The strength of his tree comes from such courageous processes of new in- terests, which in turn, strengthen the family. While we cannot very well be called a united family fthis is the first time a vast majority of us has seen each otherj, we, the descendants of a common ancestor, have grown in strength, resources and horizons. We have branched out and joined with other religions, nationalities and points of view, all of which is good. The Commodore has, of course, been grouped with the so-called robber barons. Without in any way defending the practices of those days, I would point out that the Commodore was a builder. He
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