as cass gilbert's masterpiece rose on the kanawha river testifying of an amazing breed of strong west virginians, it also speaks of our remarkable past. and as mr. gilbert's final touches were put on this beautiful capitol there was much debate about the inscription of words that would forever frame our hallways -- and our philosophies. in a letter gilbert wrote to governor william g. conley dated, july 1, 1931, gilbert wrote: "i think we would all agree that the great factors of good government are wisdom, patriotism and diligence, and the most these would be wisdom . i would prefer wisdom to knowledge, for one who is truly wise gets knowledge from others." let's again work together as we begin this legislative session and share these great factors of good government; wisdom, patriotism and diligence as we prepare and take action to move our great state forward. thank you, god bless you, god bless america and god bless the great state of west virginia. thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013