The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1888-06-11


greatness, it's nature, and its motive.
We may define greatness as
having the most ofwhat others " ant.
TO make this greatness ours we must
meet the most wants of our fellow
men and make them appreciate that
we have the ability to serve them.
Every man who is pre-eminent to
day is an example of this principle,
The chief mechanic, merchant, or
statesmen is such because the chief
servant ofthe community. Great
ness is, and always will be syno-.
nym for great service. The names
mankind remembers with love and
gratitude are those Of the helpers.
Those who stand crowned on the
SUBMITS Of the base are those who
have lifted mankind. Jesus Christ
the greatest name in historycame
to slave and not to be shaved for, to
serve and not be served. And the
representation it has made of Deity
through the activities of His own
mission is that of a God who more
than any, or all creatures together,
is the greatest servant in the Uni
verse, since He is the eternal pres
ence, energy, land will which work in,
and over, and through, and for us
all. ri ~. T.. -. !
Consider in the near place the mo-
tive which prompts to service, for in
the motive are resident the qualities
which alone confess the title of nos
bility upon service. Not all service
may be spoken of as true. The
physical art has it's root in moral
purpose; the moral purpose has it's
root in the he art. Considered in this
light we find that the service having
the elements Of true greatness is that
which is the fruitage of an innate
love for service as such. Every
work to which we put our hand must
have back of it the motive of love-
No man ever produces his best work
as the award Of price, or under the
stimulus of a selfish ambition. Such
aims draw the heart blood Of genius.
Another element tending to secure
greatness in service is thoroughness.
There is . tendency in this genera
ton to divide life's duties into iso-
steHi6 and eyoterie We have no right
thus to distinguish ia our duties.
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tons, e1as md deeds. e any
1T these ha tua1ly neglected the
fffe&is complete. is to the
man faithfuifS ischarging The pres;
emit duty that the Woffai spoken,
pass up to the higher room.
+ The final quality of which would
speak is unselfshness. This must
surely mark the service we render,
or, despite many noble qualities as
sociated. with it, our service will be
incomplete. The great man is great
in the centre of his life or not at all.
A pigmy perched on the Alps is still a
pigmy. And man whose spirit is
sordid and selfish, though promoted
to the Alps of power, rests there a
moral and spiritual pigmy. "
There are other qualities tending
to secure time service and conse-
quent greatness to the server, but
these which I have enumerated are
the essential ones, loving thorough
unselfsh service inevitably insuring
the award of greatness. And great
ness in service is in the end the only
greatness Of interest to the world.
Young men of the graduating class
I tax e it that the most pressing
question before you to-day is how to
secure the best of life, best results,
that is to yourselves and to the
world, Your aspirations have my
profound sympathy and encourage
ment. urge you to be ambitious
and to seek your self-welfare that
you may become of service to others.
By the exercise of service in the par
ticular vacation you must now elect
to pursue you will become great.
Without the gift>of oratory l might
have thrilled your hearts by unroll-
ing the scroll Of. the worlds great
men and showing you how, with but
a 1.-THE of the opportunitiesy you have
enjoyed, they. have received the re-
cognition of great from their fellow
men. But had I done SO my words
would not have been SO practical
and the advice bestowed as sincere
as it has been. As q +fact we All
know that the way of life Is streMn
with the work Of attempted great
ness. But comparatively few obtain
the pre-eminence which is the IDEAL
greatness Of aspiring youth Z have
tried to tell you of : =
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