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your energy and acknowledged
integrity, will, I think command
success in the city to which
you are going, and the elegant
buildings which you have
erected in ____ will remind
your friends of you as well as
attest the perfection in the
profession of architecture. With
my best wishes for your pros-
perity, I am, sir, very truly."

I merely introduce
this for a purpose, as you will
see in the following:

Gentlemen, I hope there is not
one within the sound of my
voice but that is entitled to
and worthy of all that is embodied
in the above short communication.
If so, we have right here good
material for a foundation, well
laid, to erect therein an associa-
tion of fellows that would be
an honor to any state as
soon as it became generally
known. Therefore it behooves us
to look well to the material, and
all interests concerned, and so
conduct ourselves in our daily
practice as to become worthy of
and command the respect of
the community, and the confidence
of our clients as well as all fellows.
We expect to show in our
plans and designs, ability, to
insure success in our profession,