We have on many occasions given you our thanks
for the broad moral foundation upon which you have, so to speak, reared
the edifice of our community. On this occasion we offer our homage
especially to the clear-sighted, indefatigable, unselfish--nay,
self-sacrificing citizen who has taken the initiative in an undertaking
which, we are assured on all sides, will give a powerful impetus to the
temporal prosperity and welfare of our community.
Voices: Bravo, bravo!
Rorlund: You, sir, have for many years been a shining example in our
midst. This is not the place for me to speak of your family life, which
has been a model to us all; still less to enlarge upon your unblemished
personal character. Such topics belong to the stillness of a man's own
chamber, not to a festal occasion such as this! I am here to speak of
your public life as a citizen, as it lies open to all men's eyes.
Well-equipped vessels sail away from your shipyard and carry our flag
far and wide over the seas. A numerous and happy band of workmen
look up to you as to a father. By calling new branches of industry into
existence, you have laid the foundations of the welfare of hundreds of
families.
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