I have come to California; I have seen; and I have been conquered by California's citizens and California's Governor.

There are no other trees anywhere like the giant Sequoias; nowhere else is there a more beautiful forest than that which clothes the western slope of the Sierra.

There is no patent recipe for getting good citizenship.

I do not want you to turn out prigs; I do not want you to turn out the self-conscious.

And you, men and women, who have had the advantages of a college training are not to be excused if you fail to do not as well as, but if you fail to do more than the average man outside who has not had your advantages.

It is not enough to have mere efficiency.

We should keep the trees as we should keep great stretches of the wildernesses as a heritage for our children and our children's children.

This is the first glimpse I have ever had of the big trees.

I am glad to see the way in which the old mission buildings are being preserved.

We must go on with the task as we have begun it.

Where the individuals and associations of individuals cannot preserve them, the State, and, if necessary, the nation, should step in and see to their preservation.

We must see to it that no man for speculative purposes or for mere temporary use exploits the groves of great trees.

I am, oh, so glad to be here.

A nation like ours, with the unique position of fronting at once on the Atlantic and the Pacific, a nation forced by the mere fact of destiny to play a great, a mighty, a masterful part in the world, cannot afford to neglect its navy.

The one thing on which this country must forever be a unit is the navy.

I do hope that it will be your object to preserve them as nature made them and left them, for the future.

I shall only say how glad I am to be here, bid you welcome with all my heart, and say how thoroughly I believe in you, and that I am a better American for being among you.

It is a very great pleasure to be here.