Reunion And Annual Banquet

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ISBN 13 : 9781331413998
Total Pages : 26 pages
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Download or read book Rhode Island in Chicago written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Rhode Island in Chicago: Proceedings of the First Annual Banquet and Reunion of the "Sons and Daughters of Rhode Island in Chicago and the Northwest," Thursday Evening, April 10th, 1890, at Chicago, Illinois But all of this we can reasonably hope to outgrow. We desire that the good work begin this evening, and that the gentlemen resolve to go immediately into training for aldermen, drainage commissioners, World's Fair officials and bank presidents, and the ladies for school and library directors, doctors, ministers and lawyers. "Once more then, I bid you welcome. Tonight we are all Sons and Daughters of Rhode Island, and as eyes sparkle and voices blend, and heart-throb answers to heart-throb, we will resolve henceforth to aim for a loftier standard and strive most earnestly to have our lives reflect honor on our dear little mother State." The regular toasts then followed in order. To that of "Roger Williams, or Rhode Island in the Colonial Period," the Rev. J. G. K. McClure, responded. He declared Roger Williams the supreme hero of Rhode Island. He was not always right in his deeds, perhaps, but he was always sincere; he was ever the very soul of fair dealing. For instance, Rhode Island, unlike her sister Colonies, is built on land honestly purchased from the Indians. What he secured for the benefit of Rhode Island proved to be for the benefit of all the New England Colonies. Though Rhode Island is little, she remembers that Greece, who furnished the world with philosophy, was little also. She is willing to be called little so long as she stands for the sovereignty of conscience. Colonel W. A. James came next, with "General Greene, or Rhode Island in the Revolutionary Period." Colonel James paid high tribute to the Hero of Princeton and Brandywine, and declared that while men love heroic acts and brave men, Nathaniel Greene's name shall live, untarnished and undiminished by years. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.