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Excerpt from The Life and Character of the Hon. Richard Skinner: A Discourse Read Before and at the Request of the Vermont Historical Society at Montpelier, October 20, 1863
I congratulate you, gentlemen, upon the wisdom and patriot ism which suggested the organization of your Society, and on the energy and spirit with which its objects have been pursued. Abroad, it is regarded among the most conspicuous and valua ble institutions of the State. Similar associations exist in other parts of the Union but I know of none whose operations are conducted with equal zeal, or where the results are so tangible in the rich treasures which are accumulating to aid and guide the researches of the future historian - The acts and services of individuals, form the materials of a nation's annals. Garner up the authentic legends and traditions of prominent men, and preserve the records of their transactions, and you create a centre of light and intelligence which will illumine the history of your State.
I have been amazed by observing in my own local researches, the ravages 'made by a single decade, among the fountains of oral history in a community. Visit any new district of our country and attempt to trace the annals of its early settlement, and you will probably be met with the response, that often ar rested my investigations, had these inquiries been made a few years ago, persons were then living who could have im parted all the information you desire. The facts and incidents which they had gathered up, with industry and forecast, were then lost forever.
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