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Abstract
For all the kind and gracious things that have been said about me here this evening, and for the tribute of this portrait, I am most grateful. My whole life has been spent in the atmosphere of agriculture. My greatest inspiration has come from men who love the soil and who have dedicated their lives to the solution of problems pertaining to agriculture and rural life. My deepest friendships are among those who have labored in the belief that the advancement of rural civilization is worth the best that anyone can give in thought or deed. In time, one comes to realize that such friendships are his most priceless possessions. This feeling comes to me tonight as never before. This occasion is one of the crowning testimonials of friendships that I have long cherished and always shall cherish.
I am fully aware, however, that the American Society of Animal Production, in arranging the program of this evening, has been thinking not only of me but more particularly of the students here present and of their fellows at home.
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