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Title: Hero tales of the far North
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
Subjects: Scandinavia -- History
Publisher: New York : The Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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issued to sons of theold soil, who have found a new home in Amer-ica, to join in planting a Danish-Americanforest in the desert where hill and heatherhide a silvery lake in their deep shadowsand returning wanderers may rest anddream of the long ago. Soldier though he was, Enrico Dalgasspick and spade brigade won greater vic-tories for Denmark than her armies in twowars. He literally won for his countrywithin what she had lost without. Anatural organizer, a hard worker who foundhis greatest joy in his daily tasks, a fearlessand lucid writer who yet knew how to keephis cause out of the rancorous politics thatoften enough seemed to mistake partisan-ship for patriotism, he was the most modestof men. Praise he always passed up toothers. At the silver wedding1 of theSociety he founded they toasted him jubi-lantly, but he sat quiet a long time. Whenat last he arose, it was to make this charac-teristic little speech : I thank you very much. His Excel-lency the Minister of the Interior, who is
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Till. Hi A1H TRAXSFORMKI) IX TWENTY-ONE Yl.ARS illO l THE GHOST OF THE HEATH 177 present here, will see from this how muchyou think of me, and possibly my recom-mendation that the State make a largercontribution to the Heath Societys treas-ury may thereby acquire greater weightwith him. I drink to an increased appro-priation. On the heath Dalgas was prophet, prince,and friend of the people. In the crowdsthat flocked about his bier homespun el-bowed gold lace in the grief of a commonloss. Boughs of the fragrant spruce deckedhis coffin, the gift of the heath to the mem-ory of him who set it free. m To Dalgas apply the words of the seerwith which he himself characterized theSociety that wras the child of his heart andbrain : uThe good men are those who plantand water, for they add to the happinessof mankind. N KING CHRISTIAN IV

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