The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1846-02-25


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nett u hOnorsbls sna glOs.oUs victories.
Tor The EIuaph Of ruth oser sIroT. Of
xsEias ossr vice. ol EiehI OseT SEosg.
Add slIhopgs | eheTi.h Ihs esnslrllOl thai
there - . nslarai and IhIimsIs connection
hst~sea kaowle5ss snd virtue, vet !
know that Ihsy are RaI insepsEsble. There
hare been mel.nchaly instances of great
intellectual po~srs. Inil-d 10 acquisitions
from the Whole sirrle Of learning. with
cut . corresponding moral elevation.
Thsse. howessr. | regard - ahomsliss !;
! tel ,lee 10 beliese that ia,the general or
der Of ProEldense, whs'eEer enla'ges and
eIslIs The ialtllrei. pramnlss. puTIiiss, and
InylgaEaGrs the virtues af he heat. II l
dad not believe IN such . connection. |
would sbsndOn myself 10 lnialenes and
osspair. Bot the n..ble and distinctive
iscUlIIss OF man. whose combination con.
sIi1utrs his digniIy sud glory. are harma-
nlzed by his CTssI0r inIo a concerted ar
noa for common paTpase. Whatever
snligaisns The mind improves the hear;
~ The sua which ELIMINATES the slmo,-
phere. warns The earth; aud although il
mIy happen that his beams are reflected
from fields Of ice. YET bis general mission
10 10 call forth shat 10 useful and beautl.
fol. aud impregnaie with sIla.ily The whole
body Of nature.
True kHowlsdge 10 the knowleJge Of
irOlhE ssi't''is said 10 the 6as ar,s. thai
nothing 10 bssuliIul but the true. 90. in
The wide sgulhcauoa Of the word, IL nay
be said that uoIhing 10 good but The tue.
To confer upon learning il JnsI dignity
and importance, il must be considered a.
subsidiary AM iauxIliary 10 the paramount
ends OF our being. IL mSsI slssys have
in view our responsibilities in this HE,
and the s~ful responsibilities of far
more exceeding weight hereafter. You
ere 10 be made intellectual men, that sou
may be e. moral sgen.s; so inst as you
sdssnce Ia learning. yOu may advance 10
the knosledss aud spprecl,.ion OF 'ir-
Tue. remembering always that the lamp
which you Light up 10 not g.Udy show,
Cd please BY lie yaueg.,ed Radiance. butts
intended. fur.s more useful aud noble pur-
pose--so show You amidst the double night
Of error andiof passion ~hieh ob.cUrss
your journey through life, the only ways
Of pleasan,ness and paths OF peace. Uu-
doub,edly learning Of itself 10 graceful
snd;ornamentsl. aud kno Wedge 10 power;
bot learning and knowledge stain their
true beauty land full iposer only when
united to Virtue, and This union 10 emo.
bled, ED. so 10 speak, ssncnied BY pie
y.-nsking the highest condition Of our
nature. Leaning morality. -religion.
--'hese are your great otjset.. These,
n--,hs right understanding Of them, 10.
elode oil iLai 10 desirable. They com.
prshend those lesses smorsls. The sggre-
gate oi which make . gentleman fitted 10
sdorn and delight socIe.y-they compre-
hend all those senlinents which become
. cnizsn born 10 participation in the GO
vernmeDi Of the common wealth. all those
deep convictions and lofty a.pua.iuns
which belong 10 heirs OF eternity. THIS
10 my conception Of the object and put
poses for which We are sssociated. IL
we can persuade YOU 10 entertain cor.
responding idea of your duties, our task
will be an easy one. We shsli be j"im
laborers in the ssme,feId, cheered bv the
sure prospects Of iuxuusnI harvest. Tbs,
our seed sims.swilI be a reason Of hope
and Jog, while we louk forward With ca.
ger d confident snttcipanoH to the glo-
RES { . rich harves,. and still farther 10
the garnering Of il, whele there is no Ius',
sod thieves cannot break through nor
steal.
But bes de. The uterior and paramount
value OF Ill The moral sentiments To hich
/ have alluded, they are oI immediate aud
vitsl consequence 10 US here. The goad
order snd successful administration uf the
College. depends ealueiy upon their in
flpences.
You have passed the period OF coes-
chm, and Already are moral sgrnt.. In
all communities laws avail but lille with
"ut a psessiliag sentiment TO sust.in. aud
carry them cut 10 their rue spirt. q Quid
palsdnt ieges sine mori6as," rs true eve
~ where. but noel emphsiicslly true
here. Our government resolves i.self al
mos, entirely into an appeal To the sense
OF honor and duty, wiIhout which our
laws are nug,soty. and their imppten,
penalties carry NJ saucuon. The fear Of
the law whIch prompts 10 c,ld and re-
luctanl Observance oil IL. may secure from
punishnen'. bu,. asa pr'nc,ple Of scion,
ma,i always fail OF any honorable sue
cess; and The government, wh"se eflicIen-
cy depends solsiy upon il, must fail 10 it.
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