, 1881-03-27
EMERY A. ST0RRs.
il, ;,-..an-f onk o1it NOW I


ing to Introduce Emery A. Storrs to you.
[Applanse.l
Mr.. Storrs then spoke as follows:
Mr.. CaA1R1AH, LADIES, AND GENTLEMEN: Tho
time has passed when the City Of Chicago Gun
plead Infancy, business pursuits, or press Of
other business enEagemon1s Us detenss t9r @ ne
rccion ot intellectual cuiturc. l nm tited of
the uniformity OF its brag. lLaugh1er.] am
ali iti he tine s am am tired OF being eeneinualy
reminded OF tho vastuess Of the Stock ards
[laugnter1, Ut the extent Of the grain trNde, Of
Of tho, enormous development Of the
sas less q stesss and e55 o pork
Of culture, Mr. Chairman: Iam 10 favor Of the
steers and the purk. but believe that out OF
Whicn @ % has buiIded upon the shores Of this splen
did inland sea city the marvel OF the world,
there shalt grow culture rs g gTand sscn aS magla- g
perity has heretofore bocn.
fayor of 5ns Tpsnda schema tsd NJ #
Ia hand. want Cbicagu to rise to that
emlnenco where it can do something that
st nssaas P2s s1nss eat VII wG p9s IL a6s
larger, and brsader, and grander and better
sense. ! want ChionEo to bo as dstiuEutshed for
it's men und women, as 1t has been TOR its merely
material md physlcul achievements,
We hNvo not bccn making cuttufea meu ano
women here, but we have been preparing, I'm M; NJ
Chairman and ladies' and gentlemen. for forty
years material for the grnndast culture whicn
this continent bus ever witnessed me b,p posaa aa
brings to the surface ITS inherent splendor,
but you must have the marble. to make
sG polish ateron that NO you y place
upon the rotten stone I'LL aehieve an any,n;nE n;io
except the useless eonsHmRion o9 soep the polish
nurtnr tough Hbre big. hearty, brtlRd- d-brDWed,
ioftr -purposed material here. to-day little
rough aud crude in It's exterior hut: when the
the inherent oeaur1es that Will shine Ike the
planet, and make the name Of Chicago famous
vii % do this. ~ Great public IbrarIes viii do t6is
Of Of The Charities Of the world than q great
5a,ldn sSs shores s Of soa ahjs inland the
shining dome Of which # shal1 1,, greet 1 It
morning after morning. ana shaal salute me set, SET,
in which shall be- stored the best works. the best
thouEhts, and the best pictures OF the world:
Chicago.
have said that believe IN tho culture Of this
city; In its great intellectual growth and devel-
opnent- know what Chicago can 40. pro-
credit OF this splendid enterprise. protest
against the business mon absorbing 1t all.
Il is to their honor II they desire to DO 10
b br. : Thomas, ion s'' nor r Proi. swing, but I
insist upon It that IL q shining record iS TO be
kept our names with our little subscriptions
shall 70 down to postcrity .tapplauss1. and when
the achievoments,@pullt!c and otherwise. OF the
best Mayor that Chicago ever had loud cheeFsJ
have pissed from human record. It viii be pre-
served ID bis credit that he presided here to-
night. Suppose, my fellow-citizans, that list
Of the contributors Tor the erection OF the Par
thenon had been preserved WHAT makes
city renovuad7 - It. is not pork. lap
parse.1 1t Is not trade. It is not
It henped-up wealth" Il Is it's men. The men
who contributed to tho Pnrthenou have died
cut OF human records 900 years ago. Phidfas
romains, tho man who adorned 1t. Athens you
can placc; Nr: Chairman, In your original Con-
and Solou. and Plato. and Leonidas, and Phldlast
and Prn1tteles will NAL Athens famous for
ever. make Athens ondufe in history, tradf-
dom and honor until the latest period ot: 're-
e1tasd Iov'a tbs splendid city grand In Its trumphs
and Colossal In its calamietes, never doing my.
thing by haIvce, i Wish to sec the streaming line
OF cultured men carrying It's name Andsts fame
down through all The genetatons THAT only
sion for. ..whchtWe: have met Tonight: when i
look past these busy, tulouituous. thrphbiug
years that take u.s. 10 that fearful calamity;
when lsee the cityi OF my :soul, in ashes ae she
sat thero ruhed In the aackcloth. and. In
the ashes 'ot her desolauou, when there we're
poured into her Zap fron,fail the'world millions
and millions Of? benefAcIaons, when saw.tha
splendid energy OF her men rising like n new
Bpirit> ahd before the smoke OF the terrible oou-
the. shores of this lake u city which
Of the world, would build memorial
nnm1ansurata. with The. grandeur of