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Excerpt from National Electric Light Association: Fourteenth Convention
That the welcome which you will have here from the people of Montreal will be as sincere, as earnest, and as cordial, as it would be possible that any welcome could be. As we shall have the pleasure of meeting again this evening, I believe, amongst others, I may then be with you and see the great advance that has been made in this science of electricity, see how, by the power of man, it can be controlled and that, although, when left to itself, it is capable of doing injury such as we cannot calculate, Vet, when under proper restrictions, it is capable of almost turning the world upside down in every thing that is for the benefit of mankind, even so Should we be in welcoming such gentlemen as you, sir, and those who have come here, not only to interest, but to instruct us; and I will only again, before sitting down, say that you have a most cordial welcome from the citizens of Mon treal, and that we only wish to know how we can make pleasant to you, in the best way in our power, your visit amongst us on this occasion. (applause) But, before Sitting down, I would say that we have had communica tions from His Excellency, the governor-general of the Dominion, Lord Stanley, which express very great re gret at being unable to be here to join in doing honor to you to-day, on this occasion and this evening, but he has made a point of arranging his engagements so that we Shall hope for his presence at the banquet which our citi zens will have the honor of tendering you on Thursday.
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