. Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers. is is another surprise — an incident. And I think that this touches me toonearly for me to feel that I can fittingly express my feelings to you for such a gift, con-sidering this small service I have done. I bear blushingly the honors heaped upon meto-night. To think that my name and figure should ever be associated on the same casketwith Mr. Stevens! . . The beautiful sentiment of this piece gives to me
. Morton memorial; a history of the Stevens institute of technology, with biographies of the trustees, faculty, and alumni, and a record of the achievements of the Stevens family of engineers. is is another surprise — an incident. And I think that this touches me toonearly for me to feel that I can fittingly express my feelings to you for such a gift, con-sidering this small service I have done. I bear blushingly the honors heaped upon meto-night. To think that my name and figure should ever be associated on the same casketwith Mr. Stevens! . . The beautiful sentiment of this piece gives to me a peculiar charm. I cannot im-agine how anything could be finer, and as all my life, you may say, has been spent in ironand steel,— only in manufacturing, not in inventing,— I have no claim to anything but DEDICATION OF THE CARNEGIE LABORATORY 59 knowing how to use the inventions of others, and I think my own tomb should be in-scribed: Here Lies a Man Who Knew how to Get Around Him Men Much ClevererTHAN Himself. I thank you, the Alumni of Stevens, for this gift. It will pass down as an heir-loom, a heritage in our family. It shall never fail to have the place of honor, and our. Allis-Corliss Cross Compound Engine in the Carnegie Laboratory Presented by the Stevens Family children shall be taught that what their father was proudest of was this, and perhaps afew other kindred things. They will recognize that in his day and generation he had fol-lowed, aimed to follow, those beautiful words by King Alfred, one of the greatest men whoever lived: * Now I have tried to live my life worthily and to leave behind me for the othersthat come the memory of some good deed done. I thank you from the bottom of my heart, gentlemen, for this unique and pecu-liarly touching gift which you have just bestowed upon me. At the banquet following the presentation exercises many unique featureswere introduced. These included a model of a blast-furnace about six feet high,occupying the centre of
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