Annual Dinner of the Chamber of Commerce of New-York, at Delmonico's, Thursday Evening, May 1, 1873

Bücher

Angebote / Angebote:

Excerpt from Annual Dinner of the Chamber of Commerce of New-York, at Delmonico's, Thursday Evening, May 1, 1873: Speeches Delivered on the Occasion Mr. President: In rising to respond to the toast which you have just pronounced, let me express my regret that I have not been in the habit Of speaking from a text, and my fear that the distinguished gentlemen from abroad, with whose presence we are honored this evening, may not understand with what indulgence the members of this Chamber are accustomed to receive my ill-digested utterances. I am not sure, indeed, that I am fully possessed of the spirit Of the toast to which I am asked to speak, but, if so, it is nobody's fault but my own, for it was sent to me three days ago. In leaving Brooklyn, some hours since, I had certain thoughts upon the theme committed to my care, but it has been my good fortune to sit between two interesting and very talkative gentlemen, in the charms of whose conversation I fear these thoughts have been lost. My ears have rarely been so Open, as this evening, and for my present pur pose it were better had they been closed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.