Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-06-14

from the burden Of taxation, although e
relief for which il il asked, had not been
granted. In lie whole history Il has taken
Is part in all the great activities of me
t.mes through which il has endured IL
there Vas var, irs sons we're ready 20 60 for
vsrd to meet the foe. In the war of the
revolution the tosn, though then so weak,
furnished some 50 men In the var of
1913. some 33i Brunswick men took part.
In the var of the rebellion it, roll Of honor
comprised some 35s; and the quota of
Brunswick added not merely 50 many brave
and true men, but added also to the liss Of
names that the country nonored- In peace
the town has also done and ia still doing iis
whole part. Thus we stand here to-day in
the comfort and prosperity Of the present,
with all those wears of burden and privst on
behind US We stand here aud look for
ssrd to still greater achievement. We see
the magnificent water 20 yer which has vet
hardly fegun TO work fer US. 1t hA. done,
and is doing much it is tine; bot what it
mas done and is doipy is little more than rs
play. compared with what q might. and. as
We believe at -0ms time will accomplish.
With hi. power the town si.s practically in
the centre of the railway system Of the S'ate,
ready 10 receive and 10 distribute. IL has
also il. centre of literary life; 50 that let its
enterprises expand as they will, II can never
become that most intoleraole of places, a
town givrn Over 10 mills AID factories. Ii
will uaite enterprise and refinement. The
homes male c. mfDrtable by business skill-
xill catch some uesuiy OF Taste ant Culture
What is this but 10 d-,c-ibe an iieal town,
Prof Everett next discussed at some
length the philosophical bearings of tn.
eveuts Of history in their relations to law
ciyiliz tion, society and rel gor, a ID closed
his magni tceht Grafton IA this eloquent
language
The great gain of an occasion like n
present. is that We stand for the moment il
the focus Of two graf lights. We see our
selves 10 the light of the past and in that of
the future. We Judge the past and We know
as ju ige the past, so the future will juig'
us We stand thus in the presence of a.
ideal partially fulfil ell. IL is the ideal of
democracy in which, while the minority have
their share in the direction of affairs, they
shall not govern the majority either by their
violence or their cunning. We stand in III,
presence of yet grsnder ideal, yet more
dimly seen; that of a humanity in which is
felt the power OF common life 10 which man
as man, is felt to have unmeasurable worth
1t is this for which the arts of our cvilizs '0
-ymbolizes. 1t is this, which so far tht
wor diy life is concerned. is the meaning OF
Christianity. 1t i the presence of this iiea
and its partial fulhlment, which lustIties our
JOS in the triumph of civil eaton over bar
bari-m. 1t is this which condemns u
but il is this which fills our hearts with hop
an courage That the future will judge US
X Of itself prophecy of good. for II means
that the IDEAL will one day be more clearly
seen, and have more power over the hearts
and lives of men.
Wher we turn from that which the to~I
in its short history has seen, and that la ge
life in which in the future it will have II.
part, to that which has been seen wiihr IN,
town, different lesson comes TO US. What
ever the world may have in store, VIVA
rver gain ii the appliances Of life a',i ii
life it,elf, there is one thing in which til,
| future can never Guido me past. Heroism
is always the same The world vii
never have heroes nobler than those which
have already lived. Patience and cur-
age and sefforgetful energy are aiike
precious uHler all forms and circumstance
of life lay We lift the heroism of tn
fathers OF our town up from TIT obscurt! "
which their lives were passed, and honor it
! Let il be an lnspiratlo to our own lives SO
| that when the great light of the future Is
turned back upon our memories. as we turn
back the light of the present upon th' Ire
I we in the peace and comfoi of our homes
shall be seen to be no unworthy success
or those who's st-ong arms and brave heart
crr qIerrd for US the wilderness.