Excerpt from Addresses Delivered at the Dedication of the Town Hall, Medfield, September 2, 1872: And at Its Re-Dedication, November 10, 1874A little girl who was born and had spent all her childhood in India, was sent at the proper time to her aunt, in New England, to be educated. On the morning after her arrival her aunt dressed her in a new gown made purposely of very plain stuff, because She knew the little girl had not been accustomed to finery, and the only ornaments there were on the dress were two simple bows, one at the elbow and the other at the shoulder. The little girl came down to breakfast, and, after Good mom ing, looking at the bows with a pleased but puzzled expression said, Auntie, I am glad you put these bows upon my dress, they are so comfortable and convenient. She had not the vocabu lary of fashion, but she knew that they made her comfortable and happy. She instinctively knew that, like all proper adornment, they marked the difference between civilized enjoyments and barbarous pleasures.The other requirement is as to form and materials and what should these be but of the most permanent and enduring charac ter, - for this building is not built for a day, but for your children and their children's children. A house, like matrimony, like wed lock, Should endure. And how much thought there was in the language of him who said: This has been a good house to live in, it shall be a good house to die in. And if that is true, friends, of your house and of mine, how much truer is it of the house of the town, built, and to stand, in memorial of her son. Looking, then, friends, into the future, thinking of the days which shall be when we are not, shall we not pronounce this a work well done, and done forever?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.