"To you, my friend, who this even. ing on board en American Liner are bound for the great North American continent and your sacred duty I want to send this greeting: Thanks for the message of faith and courage which you brought to me—a message which all lovers of liberty throughout the world should heed. While men such as you live on the Banner of Freedom shall never be trampled upon, May our fathers' God speed you on your way, and may you ever keep aflame that sacred torch in your heart, that torch which will guide free men of all nations and creeds to Victory in their fight for The Four Freedoms, I shal! ever carry with me the firm clasp of your hand and the bright message of hope from our beloved homeland where the rays of the midnight sun now shed their light over a land and a people that has lost none of its former glory. A land in which your people and mine fight a silent but indomitable struggle for their age-old Rights. And I shall never forget your parting words: 'And ofa certainty we shall meet some day in a free Norway.' On that day, my Norse Viking, our country and its people wil! welcome you and every real Norwegian with that welcome which is only extended to those who know where their duty lies and who are willing to carry out that duty as free men have always done and will ever continue to do,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.