Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-08-20
THE RUTLAND HER AID
FRIDAY, Arorsl n, 1850,
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The exercises oi the ooiuWrucemrn, ~
Middlebury College w,rc mausw''r' 'n
Sunday by the delivery Of tlc customary
Baccalaureatc sermon 10 The "I1H"'"ns
Glass. by the President, ftN- Harvey H.
Kitchel, DID, au abstract vi which wls
published in Tlrsday's HERALD, ald l.
commended by al for ilscS"h,nr' ~
spirit and the matter and suggestions It
contained as applicablcta aclass OF young
men going forth from academic hal'. To
the battle IL life.
tn TUESDAY The Literary ''.ta'-.- "'
Commencement prrgr hsm lh'''
were bu, few stranger present h'm
abroad, and less number vi the Alumni
than is usual. Among those present were
noticed Rev, Charles Walker DID "l
Pi,tsford R,r Jonathan Clement, pp,
Woodstock Roy. A, u, Lambert DID,
IIoosic, n y; Rev. J, u, Wickhlm'
Manchester Rev, DR. Baardman, bins-
hampton, y. Y: Rev, riiuy II. White,
Coventry, and Rev W. " Paiton OF
Hartford. Conn,
At lOl the anniversary Of the fhilo-
mathesian Society took place. \ process
sion was formed at the College, headodby
the Keeno Brass Band, and proceeded
10 the Congregational church, which was
already filed with large audience. AT
ter music by the band, the President OF
the Society, Mr.. o. d. Scott of the Grad
uating Glass, introduced Ralph Waldo
Emerson as the orator,
The Grafton was OF discur-
sive and suggestive characters, such only
as Emerson can deliver, and 10 which no
report can do justice, as Ralph Waldo
Emerson must be rcad, not heard, To be
appreciated.
His subject may be entitled "Greatness
rs developed by the Heroic Student
lie said substantially; A prize we are all
aiming after. Every human being has a
right to il and none can bc debarrcd from
entering into the competition. | call it
greatness, which is the fnllncss of all life,
the symbol Of all intellectual life as en-
bodied in books. There is omniscience in
music which sooths and makes peaceful
the anger, toll and passions Of men, yet
the book and the library is no less sooth.
ing in its tendency upon the human mind
The silent book is the company which
the lonely man seeks in the absence OF
companions and other attractions to en-
ploy tho hours of life. Every scholar de.
lights in the day of day when hc can
read, and none can read in a book with
out immensely. There is strange ia
cility in books which, illustrated by the
writings of Shakespeare, are representa-
tive of the pleasing example Of the won
derful power of thought to command the
feelings and inward aspirations of the
human soul, and teaches US that the little
world is vastcr and deeper than all phi
losophers had taught us TO believe il was
In passing, graceful tribute was paid a.
Shakspcaro's works, and all criticism
was but making Of rules Of its beauties,
and Plutarch~ works were placed along
side of them rs an educating power which
had come TO us from the past, and if our
libraries were burning we should save
our Bibles, Shakespeare and Plutarch
No medicine il better for the mind than
the studies Of heroic scholars The nine
teenth century is the age tf the recovery
of the works If the heroic scholars til,
age of rocuperution, for we have found
the lost books, the lost arts the old paint.
ings, the clgn marbles have been rescued
from their hiding places and brought to
England and stand as testimonials Of the
spirit of recovery that marks the present
century. The faces and forms OF the an.
cient people have brought before lis
the sculptured marble Of past age, aud
TO it also belongs the first publication o.
the Sanscrit papcr, The rosetto stone
have come to light by the means o.
which the arrowhead alphabet Of Egypt
has been read and studied. The fused OF
the pyramids, and have at last attained
the wonders of modern geology and de-
termined the ages OF the world
This is the worthicst century Of the
world, and its scholars are the men Of
men. 1t was not hannibal. Caesar. Ma.
poieon, or soldiers that represent the
thoughts or the scholars Of the ago, iur
thoughts rule the world Plate had hc.
come almost unused century agu. but
there arose during the present century II
scholar who discovered the beauties aud
glories Of this great scholar and Who has
set the world aglow with a representation
of his work., and they are now foand in
every library. He referred t. Thomas
Taylor, who had translated thirty-three OF
Platos dialogues h4 hot only possessed a
bookish nina out was intoxicated with
the spirit and philosophy Of the author
and made himself Il Greek in science anc
religion. In England he found no publ,
and no purchasers, but in America he me
with both. Mr. Taylor was fine exam
pie of All heroic scholar. Other example
of heroic scholars were cited in illustra
ton of the theme. The scholar know
his own position, which was one OF per
feet immunity therefore prefers his owl
maker and his own wood and nature ii
all its works. II the world does not heai
him now he will have the more time 70,
study. The study Of GREATNESS or OF tn,
masters is everything 10 the men e thi
age; yet greatness IS exceptional Tn,
sympathies Of the young man leads hin
to initiate, for he is one of the band o
scholars That instraets, which guide.
the how when .aacbars ,,is,,,,;l ~;