An Address

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Excerpt from An Address: Delivered Before the Union League of Philadelphia on Saturday Evening, January 20, 1906This Association in 1881 was conceived by our late lamented fellow member, Joseph Storm Patterson, whose interest in and devotion to The Union League was markedly conspicuous, and to commemorate that devotion, his widow has placed the beauti ful marble statue of Aba'z'al in your Reception Room. The mis sion of the Art Association is to enhance the attractiveness and adornment of your Club House by the purchase and presentation of paintings and sculpture and other works of art.It was recognized at that time that it might be a questionable policy to draw upon the exchequer of the League for such pur poses, while a bonded indebtedness remained upon the property, and this Association stepped into the breach. The encourage ment and endorsement of the successive Boards of Directors has always been accorded to it in most generous terms, and this has acted as an inspiration to continue its existence.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.