New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-06-16
PHILLIPS BROOKS AT HARVARD.

HOW MUCH THE WORLD WOULD BE BEL IthEL
IF ms ENERGY WERE WE'LL DIRECTED.
Boston, June ID (Specal.-Thc Baccalaureate ad
dress at Harvard College delivered this after
noon by the Rev. Phillips Brooks. lie selected Ms
text from l Corinthians tx. 70. They do II 10 CD,
tain a corruptible crown: but an incorrup'ible'
The speaker said in part
st. Paul is claiming human energy for It's hlgnes,
work. lie ha, gone Oh and up I'll he ma ma, sa SAIL,
great visions Of what may be and do His neal
glowing with the prospect of sublime achievement.
Then he looks around and listens. lie he neal, 5
The figure of the racecourse rises before him. lie
the eager 1rs sn training fhesve
into the struggle and stralnlng every eiiert i9r "a
crown of leaves "1here is no lack OF energy r ~
seems 10 say the world has force enough IL ony
have it for the highest purpose II Only sea-,
restraint and enthusiasm and Skill and merry ze can Nc
poured into these worthy channc s. IL ticIt pe
days in life when stand at once in full sist OF te
highest uses OF human existence. and also WIN ,e
sound Of the great uproar of human energy HING
their ears days when the quiet years behind them
are thick with great visions OF character anu ;
stand calling them with the abundant testimony
Of activity and power must not these DC INC 6 1y
when they crave the Invest power for the highest
work. both in themselves and in the worlds !. no.
there that men are standing on the sunday before
Class dsy7 Let rs accept the subject of the hour
with the quiet world behind us and inc uuig f,r
noon. in one of those calm pauscs which often come
where the great waves meet, let u study toee'i"i
pcwers, and ask FIST why the greatest energy so
often does not. and then, how the greatest
most toh fully a may find %aU worthy pSe sG
est energy docs often employ itself upon Hn"orthy
work seems evident enough IT seems mani, "a orGc
i'm sky and and with subter ear detect the move
ment which is in the most solid substance OF {nc
earth itself cannot help pctnring TO ourselves what
wond8rful things those forces Will acconiph,h/wheii
they set free and turned in the diIscuohS nI
greatest effectiveness: how they will build the new
heaven and the new earth. which shall be the Theatre
of some competer and divincr life. ... ~, a,,ror.
mostly a. % suggestion and a parable. II Is When We
think of the social forces which are at Work IN men
intercourse with one another and in the cohduct nl
The worlds affairs that wo are most overwhelmingly
impressed with the abundance OF force Wmch Is !.
waiting and with the work which that force might
do if It We're turned with precision upon tnc meicS
ends of life. There are the elemental ale
Slater misery from countless homes OF darkness.
There is schemng and planning enough IN te SoGv, ~
Of haSclv directed 10 bear all life with IT, countless
relations up into higher level. and almost 10 huu
TRYING and tireeSs vigilance and excited feeling enough
in politics il it were filed with public spirit ana eXor
csed of selfshncss to grapple with every pnpir que
tion and 10 save the country thousand times Ihere j,
the faculty Of combination and c"opIatl,n, VIZ ~,
ehough in college to make the college in week almat
all which those who love best wish tat II niltI
II is impossible to reprcSS the upward movement ~!
the higher powers. Fire demands the finest icI 'at
il may burn with its dearest fame, ana therefor, r
dream i ALWAYS present the heart OF man anu VIII
not be dspclled That the best energies OF man h,
emihusiasm must ultimately find their full development
and highest occupation in the region of man nn 1
Influence IL cannot bc that these giants VIII al"aN
he contented 10 toll at the mill with slaves one ~
the most striking and audacionS features lh ,e
presentation of prospect Of social regeneration @ III
This that il dares 10 believe I'm the power OF inc hcr
vitality of to play through the Whoc rang , U M
activity and 10 move the whole chneTy Of M, hVs.
Looking backward from the farof heights wmcA mas
attained II sees all the machinery Of hvlnS'
ali social activity and movement vigorously maintained
by the presence in the higher ambitions. IN ne am6i
ton for culture and friendship and the GOOD on Az
~ that same energy which seems ~ conftne u
self 50 largely to seshness and covctousness IL Is
a noble dream.