St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-03
Dartmouth Commencement.
wM. VI. EVARTs'S ETLOGY OF CHIEF JUS
TICE CHASE.

The solemn rites of scpulturc, the sob
blngS of sorrowing affection, the hom-
age of public grief, the concourSe ot
the great officers of state, the aSSemblagt
of venerable Judges. the PROFESSIONS ot
the bar, of the clergy. of liberal and
learned men, the attendant crowds oi
citizens OF every social rank and station
both i'll the great city where he died
and ut the national capital. have al-
ready graccd his burial with all imag-
Unable dignity and unmeaSlirrd rcvcr-
Incr. To prulon" or rcurw this piou>
office is II" part of our duty. to-day.
Nor is the maternity or nurture whicl
the college gives tn those it calls its sons
bestowed as il is upon their mind and
character. affected by the death of til,
body aS is the heart of the natural
mother: nor are you. his brethren in
this foster care of the spirit. bowc,
with the same sense of bereavement ;i>
are natural kindIed. Not less certain
| Is il that the spirit of this commemora-
| tlon imposes no task of Nindication oI
defense and toleratcS no tone ot ;dul
tion or APPLAUSE. The tenor of this life.
the manifestation of this character waS
! open and public before the ewes of ali
men, upon IN eminent stage Of action.
displayed constantly in the high places
of the world. No faculty that Mr..
| Chase possessed. no preparation of mind
or of spirit for great undertakings ul
for notable achievement, ever failed OF
exercise or exhibition for want of OPP
portumity. on. being exercised or cX-
hhitcd, missed commensurate rrcugni-
ti"n or responsive plauditS from h>
countrNmcn. His career shows no step
backward the places he filled were all
of the highest !: the services he render
ed were the most difficult aS well aS
the most eminent. If. as the preacher
proclaims, 'Timc and chance happen
eth to all the times in which Mr.
Chase lived permitted the widest scope
to great abilities and the noblcst fuIm>
of public services and the fortunes ot
his life show the fidelity of the occa-
sions which befell him to draw ont
these abilities and to receive these ser
vices. Not less complete WAS the round
of public honorS which crowned his
public lahorS, and we have no occasion
here to lament any shortcomings of
prosperity or favor or repeat the au-
thcntic Judgment which the voices oi
his countrymcn have pronounced upon
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| meet the true elements of his character
and the molding force of his education.
with the work he did. with the in
tlucncc he welded in life, with the
power of the example which lives after
him. and always to have in view, a>
the most fruitful uses of the hour. his
relations to the men and events of his
own times. and. not less, his tIIIc place
III history among the lawyers. orators,
statesmen, magistrates of the land.
Vera non rerha Is our maxim. to-day.
Truth. not words, must mark the tribute
the college pays to the sober dignity
and solid worth of its distinguished son.
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