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To plant a garden.(Transcript)
Thank you very much, Governor Pataki. As avid gardeners and frequent visitors, Anne and I have loved this place for many years. We are pleased to accept this award on behalf of J.P. Morgan Chase & Company.
To plant a garden, it has been said, is to believe in tomorrow. To plant one of the greatest gardens in the world--one that not only is a delight to the senses, but a great scientific and educational institution--is to believe in a great many tomorrows, in which our children, our children's children and future generations will be able to flourish. To plant this kind of a garden is not just to believe in, but to plan for and invest in, the sustained beauty and bounty of our planet.
Edward O. Wilson, who is an honorary member of the board of the New York Botanical Garden and the winner of its highest award for scientific excellence, reminds us of our place in the natural world. As he has observed, "If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos."
Of course, no animals, including insects, could exist without the abundant plant life from around the world that is catalogued, studied, and put on display in this great institution. Plants were the first complex living things to evolve. They give us everything from the air we breathe to the foodstuff that underpins almost all life.
There is no greater advocate for the plant kingdom than the New York Botanical Garden. One of its primary missions is to make us aware of just how critical the plant kingdom is to the animal kingdom--and to humankind. Under Gregory Long's leadership over the past 16 years, the New York Botanical Garden has done a magnificent job in carrying out its research and educational mission. At the same time, it has undergone an amazing physical and intellectual transformation. Through more than $500 million in capital and programmatic improvements, the Garden has become even more beautiful and inviting to visitors, and more than ever committed to serving as a leading force for biodiversity.
To name just a few of the major developments during this time, we have witnessed:
* The restoration of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. This is the preeminent glass house in the world, providing an ecotour of the world under an acre and a half of glass.
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