The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-06-24


The following is ar. George r. Pecx's
.71..,.-.- .., 49, ..r-4t.f--7 se -
lcan Patriotism, delivered at the an
nuaI commencement at Union college.
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ne trust "nlcn tne governors o. tlle
university nave with too generous con-
Icen-e. DesLuFF ed upon me. INA poses q
duty from which I shrink with DOUBT
1or saying new things, or even FOR re-
peallng old ones In a form Qese1Nl
attention ln these latter gay though
many are called few are CHOSEN who
can tQuch any chord W-tl1e1 mas not al
-ea4s o~eA sounded ast-lh ana a4aln-
A- 1H7t gan nope = LlAa- 4 mas p~i-
AA+ 4r ou s3lile -4--ill-s. el'lis assn
st-e-A Ll'+ ---lA -LlHA rs s+e1 -4ll77s NAlsil'
-rQm time lo time sou cast the account
between llte as u IS ana as lI might 1e.
1u VIII nor plane noe IS frankly
confess how little zest 4 have for ass
Stunning the enaracter IF teacher. men-
t-I 9f 4l-Ge ~ mas not 1een my good
1e June ~ q Wen PA the pleasant shade
~ l4l-F eiH4l9s Pr Io p4eaI the na9ltu-
-tig -ll- 4--gt s-iI 91 itleoi-4t ll2tl- 1n0ugn
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-t@N tte- from lo4 MOOD III the west,
-lll-sl eiVllzatlo1 diHering some
"----er pEA-is-t7s -toll yours 0ut IN SUD-
STANCE ana ~ spirit the same The
-.-e..-l -'ti--s ana tile rivers serve more
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.---ile upon the II t1i1ie5- bearing IN BIS
NF4f-, as YOU VIII bear in yours, mem
t77 Oh lllAr "-leA llle was IN It's
mower ana tne Who-e earth bright with
nope ana expectation All who love
earning ana letters are OF one guild
Net I'D NalI does nature UNFOLD The
peileclon OF summer upon this happy
+ee-lls -rStlt AIS nor IN VAN are the sol
e-nl traditions and inspiring Influences
tnat surround us here If I can do no
c.tt- a. least elEe you t3e
4-----is ~ a ltienoi the satu1atl9n oI
- --o cannot le@l lAa.l ne IS mustered
-,--- ~it-e-- ne tt-h no lonsef nttlcn III
-ii- Goa -iiiH . ltn lae young the JOY
Gus ana .l- lne pla.e- slal Il 9e SAID
years must not oe counted win the
no 81 Io1ll e pal0le. He u
-- t-lot ooAbt tnt-l rare, IN
some way HaHes II possible for FL
90 inner issues ana il2i2leillollaI duties
pray , -u' tAel e1lie sl.e nae leave 70
one '- you 4-el me forget. Tor q ht-
---- Nt-T =A91-A -t-s-l sattleS upon every
NE when morning visions fade in the
---4rn tAFlll8ll- Dnens and prophe-
cles must needs pe here j we but heed
-e A-tA ti-e explorations slesitNs 1of hlllt
the universe IS vocal cannot be
wrong ln assuming ti1aL you VINO have
mere commit n-4 WITH science and liter
ln4lssoluply welded 20 the intellectual
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salcl tolr4 pS t-lle-AQl11Fel usage E.
in what 4 have to say. 1 should dwell
only upon the Delights the consultations
ana the reFF2rus Qt schol alfsl1lp- LIT Is an
allurlns SUBJECT on belong TO an or
der which. in q certain sense. SETS you
apart from other men, The realm of
the intellect knows no boundaries. ard
the scholar is by divine right. its
prophet. priest and king And YET it
is not Of these that ] shall speak. but
or another Phase or the life that is
now opening to YOU For the ONCE
OF culture is not simply To adorn and
beauufy, it is not a decoration to be
worn. but an element to be fused into
character TO give it dignity and
strength
I shall not ask YOU to forget that you
are scholars. but to remember that YOU
are men, For reasons which seem to me
70 be now peculiarly insisteat- I shall
invite You to consider your relations to-
the country in which YOU live The
time determines the theme The year
eighteen hundred and ninety six brings
TO the American people an opportunity
to Vote- but IL does not take from them
the RIGHT to think II is the duty of
scholars to do both The tragic and the
comic go hand In hand throuch presi-
Dental campaign. These june days
sweet with the breath OF meadows and
the SONGS OF birds. seem fitted only for
tranquil joys and the calm sanctities of
peace But II we hsten- we may hear
CyclCuic rumblings and discover that
the country is growing warm with q
heat that does not come from sum
beams The nation is making ready to
test it's machinery We are about to-
deCiCe.-Or think we decide,-What pol
icles are best what measures VIII bring
prosperity. and what men shall be the
Stewards of our national affairs lit is
a curious spectacle. Thousands Of good
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