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Rh and to help the movement of business via this port. The growth of the country back of the port is the best guaranty for the success of the port. With the completion of the Panama Canal there will be a physical opportunity for vessels to clear from Boston direct to the Orient and to the Pacific Coast. Should capital be found that is willing to invest in steamer lines sailing between this port and other parts of the country and of the world, there will be no effort made by this management to discourage such investment. On the contrary, any movement that will help to market the products of New England, that will place them in greater quantitics in the hands of the ultimate consumer, will receive support.

As a boy in Cambridge, it was my good fortune, with three other smaller boys, to spend one afternoon a week with the Rev. Samuel Longfellow. He read to us, told us stories, and now and then took us to see his brother, whose writings are so full of humanity and good sense, The epigram Longfellow emphasizes in “Hyperion” is applicable to the present Rh