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and Polynesian have this same custom? The [illegible]
were the first Polynesians I have seen. I am [sure?] they have
Negro blood, and the aborigines of India also have
N. I believe the Negros were the first lot that got out of
the trees. Somehow they never got very far from their
tailed ancestors.

I feel that I have practically arrived at the end
of my trip, since all the rest of the way is my own
homeland. We have made suffrage speeches
to audiences on the continents America, Europe, Africa,
Asia, and on the ships of three Oceans. Our audiences
have included the followers of every main religion,
Christian and Jew, Mohammadan, Hindu, [illegible]
Buddhist, Confucian, and [Shinto?] and represent-
-atives [representatives] of all the main human races, Aryan, [illegible
Negro, Malay, Polynesian, Mongolian. We have
left the seeds of revolution behind us and the
hope of liberty in many souls. But [we've?] got
much more than we gave—an experience as
[illegible] to act [illegible] [preconceived?] notions that
it is difficult to estimate its influence
upon us. I sincerely pray that some degree
of blessing this trip has been to me may be