Mr.Ogden in particular was anxious for his emphatic remembrance and good wishes to go.

The dear old man is fast passing into the last stage of his illness and he knows it and he soon expects the end, in a mood as brave and as game as he ever was.

I am sorry to tell you he suffers a good deal of pain.
What a fine thing to look back over--this Southern Board's work! Here was a fine, zealous merchant twenty years ago, then fifty-seven years old, who saw this big job as a modest layman.

If he had known more about "Education" or more about "the South, bygawd, sir!" he'd never have had the courage to tackle the job.
But with the bravery of ignorance, he turned out to be the wisest man on that task in our generation.

He has united every real, good force, and he showed what can be done in a democracy even by one zealous man.