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 the significant part which the Southern Pacific Company has taken in the development of the state, especially along educational lines. The great Leland Stanford University owes its existence today to the Southern Pacific, and what the establishment of this university has meant and will mean to California can hardly be appreciated by any but those who have been in touch with the great strides in educational lines that the state is making as a direct result of this foundation. We cannot recall any other railroad corporation that directly or indirectly has been such a prime factor in so worthy a cause as the Southern, a fact which is not appreciated as it should be in California. Verily, "A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country."