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Excerpt from Oration Delivered Before the Society of California Pioneers, at Their Celebration of the Seventh Anniversary of the Admission of the State of California Into the Union While, as Christians, we humbly give all reverential respect to the natal day Of a world's Redeemer - while, as American citizens, we proudly celebrate the anniversary of that day upon which was first announced the glorious as sertion that we were to take our place among the nations of the earth, as free and independent States - while, as men, with glowing hearts and grateful feelings, we pay due honor, as we have lately done, to the memory Of those whose lives and labors have been devoted to the cause Of human liberty we should not, we must not forget that, as Californians, too, we have something to remember. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.