New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-04

in series OF beautiful pictures. At first youth
6TOok IS so osr s That see snf{ Soon begin
either slde' While the sun is Shining and the flowers
are in bloom The brook grows wider, and pres pres,
WnnS onward and still they smile The brook be-
comes river; the sun sets; the pale moon ,I b,
dimiy see each other and their faces are wlstful
and anxious nov With the sense 81 an an 6mnous
forebodng Of that great loneliness which sooner sooner
or later comes to every human SOUL ,econns sn,
waste OF water ripping in silver light beneath the
moon Then there is stir OF branches Whisper
OF winds and a twitter OF waking birds:
'.Gitters the dew and shines the river,
Up comes the lily and dries tesoi her bell
And wave their hands for a mute farewell
You. the youthful students who are graduated
here today viii now enter upon WIDER Gr ne pn o.
endeavor and OF experience b OF ssming
the duties OF active business. wish were giiten
with PROPHETS power and GGuS o 0oW cbe nas
and rightly cherish will be fulfilled Ihat Is I'M
and The es IT y9u ali things by
cess, and it's standard OF success Is wealth. FROM
stution OF civilized society that Is not corroded by
the doctrine OF a base expediency Into TINS arena
Of low motives and s0rd and ssS you're pur
and high ideals OF character and Of nnd ana ds
Will find ea nsm and al eery one you
will be drfted further and further away RON en- me s
the condition Of facts which you will have to meet
and that the ordeal d IN which your cnafac'er'
w am verv Ter from assuming infallibity, and
do not know that my counsels are wiser or better better
Of lie are widely different from mine; / can only
impart those precepts which my experience mas IN,
sed into Dd my b belief H6p st o Gut the be
prepared for the worst and do not rear 10 er nda
pendence. Never cease TO acquire knowledge, and;
In the requirement Of knowledge cultivate se
IN Ordnr fhaf
you can extract wisdom. Do not trust majorities;
do not follow the ideas Of the multitude and 40
possible from contact with the sOTdd 8 na
cannot change them: the brute power of numbers
is beyond control and contact with them VIII d 3ry
ton; do not heed censure and do not expect grau,
tude Blessed are they %h9 e1peee
Practise Kindness relieve, II you can. the suffering
s5 The %esT but do BET %
regulate other people There Is wise remark by
W WI Collins wSGn ask the ons list Il
those respectable DISCUSSES under which we assert
DIR IN oaa SeSnScrs or aitfy GVs
the welfare Of others figures In the foremost place
train with meddiers and moral busybodles. Avoid
the conceied delusion that you are expected TO be
Walton OF the universe has been committed 70 your
hands. IL you fulfil your personal duties II you
you 10
1rosperity meek in adversely cheerful striving al
your daily conduct. Investing the immediate scene
with lovelness and the present hour with serenity,
you will All your days with refinement and crown
them with peace; and thus you will. as Tennyson
happily phrases It.
q" Make the wiser choice
life that moves to gracious ends
deedful life a silent voice"
I am not speaking the ritual of effusve prog
seems to me, prescribes the Individuals conscien-
tious care Of himself rather than oficious altru
tegrty nobility. and refinement OF the individuals
OF whom It is composed and II each person be fine
cellent Ny doctrine. therefore, is that you should
make yourselves. individually, noble and gentle,
and, with this purpose in view that you should
not be gregarious and common At the moment
this counsel WILL probably affect you visionary;
also % are destined to be in the rabbe
time will come when you Will grow very weary
when the general insncerity of mankind-the de-
ceit. the meanness, the malice. the coarse fibre.
the indurated selhshness and the miserable sub
terfuges Of society.-will become intoerable; when
you will understand. like Galatea in the play that
1t is quite possible for people to say one thing and
mean another. that religion Is often masquerade.
that vrtuous pretensions sometimes conceal In:
veterate depraviy. that the affairs OF this world
whose only aims are wealth; power, and pleasure.
comes you may. perhaps. recall this hour and these
words. Your refuge then, II you should be able to
crowd crow in the society Of books. and in the sympa-
thetic enjoyment of nature and OF art. Certain
great minds of the past have created for US a
treasure-house of beauty that is immortal. Ma
caulay named six leaders OF poetic thought-Homer.
sophocles Eschylus. Dante. Shakespeare and MIL
ton. Others, such Goethe. Montaigne. Ger
vantes. Wordsworth. Byron and Thackeray. are
lonely with such companions these. No life can
be barren that hears the whisper Of the wind in
upon the shore, and no soul lack for happi-
ness looking Up to o. the midnight tight stars ~
the departure OF youth from the security and peace
Of academic shades into the strife and turmoil Of
II has occurred year after year and 4 will continue
TO occur until the end OF time. The conditions
epoch the condltons are such 70 cause prefoSnt
Dominant and civiizaion has owered into AFRO
gance and vulgarity, everywhere expressing them
alton alton now Coming on the scene viii be agated with
conflict, laden with heavy responsibility, and dis
ssosds wit" With sSsSs y
| strenuous endeavor." and these blatant,
which is the crown OF human nfe-the boon ansS
Wbos nervous system OF the American people vii
pe ws our e oh
and our prayers lay the charge OF refnemHns
| to peace and do not heed the SCOTS Of brawers
sn the of are
and buster. and that the work OF the world car
cracked crowns a civilization that ends in moth
ing but fuss is a civilization that has failed Let 4
| be your happy fortune to contribute by every
means in your power. to that civilization OF which
the heart Is virtue and the outward form Is Lowell,
tranquility Anchor the intellect and hold fast
and forever, by the power OF a virtuous will.
Mr.. Winter closed HIS address by reading hi.
poem Of
| THE sCEPTRE.
| The darkn.ns shadows eastward slope
| And evening, with her dewy
| Quenches the beacon orb OF hope.
| TO let the stars Of patience burn.
| The paths grow dim. the low winds sigh
Tho huttering bird-noes faint and fail.
| And slowly up the sonbre sky
| The sad wanders. cold and pale.
| Yet for many q weary mile
| Our pilgrim marches still must wend.
/ hrfe and lane