I am not ashamed of it.

Well, I don't think so.

Thank you my friends for giving me this opportunity to bring back the reminiscences of the Philippines.

He moves slowly, he moves deliberately, but he moves always in the right direction.

I know it exists, that 'Call of the East' that Kipling speaks of in his poem.

The States differ somewhat, but generally the Executive has the veto power and has that sort of relation to the legislature that the Chief Executive of the United States has toward Congress.

Gentlemen, I am delighted to welcome you here.

I am only speaking to you as executives who have felt the injustice of that sort of criticism that comes from the lack of that feature of the English system I have pointed out.

I regard this movement as of the utmost importance.

Moreover, if I were to pass over this matter in silence, it would be most demoralizing to the discipline of the executive branch of the Government.

By your own conduct you have destroyed your usefulness as a helpful subordinate of the Government.

If a railroad company, by mere allegation in its bill of complaint, supported by ex parte affidavits, can overturn the result of days of patient investigation, no very satisfactory result can be expected.

I should be glad to regard what has happened only as a personal reflection, so that I could pass it over and take no official cognizance of it.

In point of fact it usually profits, because it can seldom be required to return more than a fraction of the excess charges collected.

When the People of the United States elected me President, they placed me in an office of the highest dignity and charged me with the duty of maintaining that dignity and proper respect for the office on the part of my subordinates.

Potable strength varies from 90° to 100° or 103°.

All distilled spirits pay, under the internal-revenue laws, a heavy tax.

Distilled spirits are manufactured under the close supervision of revenue officers.

I am glad to come here and to testify by my presence as to my sympathy with the great work of Dr. Klopsch in this mission.

I am very glad to be here to bear witness to my very great interest in that which this meeting celebrates—the attack of the Methodist Church upon Africa.

I am glad to be here, if, by being here and saying so, I can convince you that the so-called chasm between you and people who seem for the time to be more fortunate is not a chasm.

I know it is difficult for you to believe that I, who for the time being am receiving a large salary from the United States and living in comfort, could understand or take into my heart, the feeling that you may have of desperation and of…

I like to think of Methodism among the denominations as an affirmative, aggressive, pushing, practical church militant.

We are a great power in the world, and we may be, and hope we are, a great power for usefulness.

The missionaries in China and the missionaries in Africa are the forerunners of our civilization.