The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-16

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II always is to mel wot tssy sad-but
u very solemn thing 10 sta / before a great
gathering OF young people such rs you are
this day. II has been said, and said very
truly and wisely, that at any given mo-
ment the Whole future OF a cou41ry Is prac-
tically In the hands Of The boys end girls Of
the age at which you bave arrived. The
youth who owns the coming "--this Is an
expression OF one OF your own poets, and
very beautiful expression. Well, now, as
have said, you boys aud girls are entering
upon very glorious inheritance. Those
who have worked in past generations, and
those who are working now, who are car.
rying on the great business and great po-
lltical life OF this country, aud OF this city,
some OF whom sit around me, have pro-
yided for you, as l said, an inheritance such
as belongs TO very few young people in the
whole OF this world in which we are living
And now the question for all OF you In
the future is how you will treat this inber.
itance whether you will improve The ad-
vantaees which YOU have, whether you will
carry on the life OF this city and ueighbor-
hood, and whether you will help to carry
1t TO higher point, so that you may be all
the more aud more proud OF il, or whether
you will allow 1t to fail backward and let
those who succeed you feel less proud Of
that which you are DOW about TO inherit.
While say, whenever stand before an
audience Of This kind the thought comes
upon me with great s)lemnity. Before you
all there are only two romantic periods Of
life, you know. and this Is where the period
ont OF which most Of you are about to pass.
when the sun is ip the front and the sha-
dows are all cast behind, and all the bright
horizon before you, and you have 10 look
forward TO and choose your own paths as
you go out into life, and SO you expect to
undertake the duties which will be laid
upon you in the future. And the other
period OF romauee-the time when the more
hard work OF life is not the absolute absorb
ing pursuit--comes al period at which am
about reaching, when The shadows are in
front, when The sun is behind and casts very
long shadows in front. You NAV, from the
illustration have Just given you, see that
which Is true OF human life is also true in
natural life. Now, when is it that The great
beauties OF the day are to be seen? / am
quite sure that you are early risers. and you
know that the great beauty of the day comes
at dawn, and then the prosaic part Of the
day comes when the sun is high in the
heavens aud the hard work OF the dav Of
life is to be done, and then again all the
again in the evening.
Well, as i say, all Of you are in the bright
time, when the shadows are behind and
everything TO look forward to, and am
here at period when the sun Is behind and
when the shadows are beginning TO look
very long and 10 be cast forward. And
looking back 10 the period at which you ere
can only say with very great sOiemniiy
that the shadows and beauteous lights OF
the evening-and TO which you must surely
come-wlil be enjoyed by you in the future.
II is a matter which is entirely in your own
power, in the power Of every one OF you
children, (eXcuse me for calling you chill
Oh Ell, but shall we say boys and girls then! y
th@matter is entirely in your own hands at
this moment whether, when YOU come to
my age, and have TO look back upon the
bright period OF youth, you will be able 10
feel that the world hos been bright place
for you, and you will be able 10 feel that
you have little to regret when you look back
to the period OF your early youth. There is
not one OF you who does not hold in bis own
hands at this moment the keys OF darkness
and Of light. You can unlock those doors,
and you can make your life one true and
bright-and that which is the highest tx
preston, which includes all others--a truly
CDIlStIdH illt, III you pcdSt.
There is not one single boy or girl or
young person in this room who could not
do that. AS say, the way OF darkness or
light is in your own hands, and as you un-
lock those doors so will be Your future, each
OF you, in your own lives. The first thing
remember is that those doors OF light can
only be unlocked by those who are, in
the first place, ready to be obedient. There
is another passage that occurs to me,
from one OF your poets. | am very fond
OF his works, and they have been a
great pleasure and strength TO me for many
Years. The passage bears upon what | have
just been saying, that the most important
thing for all young people to learn is that
habit OF obedience. think l can repeat
them, and they should be exceedingly pop
ular with you young Americans, because
you OF all people in the world look forward
to very great things in the future.
Three roots bear up Dominion: knowledge,
Will
These twain are strong but stronger yet the
OBEDIENcE-'ts the great tap-root that stiIl,
Knit round III. rock of Duty is not stirred,
Though hesven-loosed tempesis spend their ut
most skilln
j. Russell Lowells "The Washers OF the shroud."
Well, that is the foundation Of all true
education.
Now, have been talking a long time,
but there is just one more piece OF advice
that will give you, and think it is one
which may be needed in an assemblage OF
young Americans, and that is honesty and
obedience. The great thing to be learned
by you all In your education is patience.
am inclined to think that the American
nation has something TO correct in this d.
rection. II seems to me that you are, for
England, an impatient people; that you
scarcely give the cream time TO rise.
lLaughter.l Now, for good cream you
must give it time to rise, and il you are
to get good education, TO learn all that
which is explained in this institution, and
it is in your power to learn, you must
give the different portions OF your edu-
cational life plenty Of time, and you must
stick TO them and work at that hard, and
not endeavor to cover very large range OF
subjects at your time OF life. You can learn
a great many subjects accurately and thor
oughIy, but what you should endeavor to
do is, that you try 10 ascertain by your |
selves, and by the help OF your teachers, !
what il your natural bend. Whether you
are likely to do better in exact science or |
or whether you have a turn |
for languages. In fact, whatever your natu- |
raj turn is, that should be your object to