The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-27
YALE COMMENCEMENT WEEK
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 his fire to the discontinue of Baal, wh
 for his people can rift asunder the Re-
 Sea, who can reverse the universal law
 of nature. He should be the kind t
 furnish us laws for the soul All tha
 may be comprised under religion is bu
 the right endeavor of men to pay re
 spect to the final force, the great He
 braistic, I am.'
 Accordingly this great aninue of na
 ture, which is resistance in the rocl
 but holiness in the Almighty inwovel
 in the fibre of man, is expressed in Hi
 universal love of power. Filter ou
 hearts as we may, we still find in then
 respect for a man in exact ratio to hi
 elemental power. That genius at whosC
 altar we worship and kindle our littlt
 fires-that genius which sees like tht eagle and strikes like the thunderbolt--
 what more is this than original force
 These are the men least belittled by the
 manifest power of nature; the mighty
 tramp of Miltonic verse is still grand il the roaring storm, and King Lear is glorious in the midst of an eruption o
 Vesuvius. We may call Napoleon the supreme butcher of the century, but ht will never be less to men than a lns. guided god. All that beautifies life ol renders it sweet and true is the poetic manifestation of this same power; it is this in the marble of Michael Angelo the canvass of Titan, the Nightingale of Keats or Shelley's West Wind which Whirls the soul up into it's loftiest states Whether it be Newton recreating a uni verse, or Webster speaking into unity a divided nation. or Girard wisely amassng and wisely disposing of for tune, or a backwoodsman who knows his craft and controls his soul-it is force so diligently sought which we find in each and which satisfies us that we have at last ended the search of Diog- enes and found man
 Here, then, in the final substra tum of things we find law of being, the crude conception of which is extension, appearance; the true conception of which is activity, truth. Gentlemen, the genius of every life is either force or extension; the one is hypocrisy whose end is failure, but he who will buckle to the true law of being shall be swallowed up only in the final cata- clysm of all nature. Let each man know his own heart and give expression to his real essence; dare to link him. self to the true and stand for what he is-this is the supreme bravery of life Activity purifies, makes strong, accom- plishes, and happy is he who has found his work, let him seek no other blessing.' "
 Mr. Graves, addressing President Dwight, uttered the following tribute to the retiring president, which. without doubt, found a response in the hearts of all present:
 ITO the President:
 'Sir-One of the most illustrious men of Yale, upon retiring from office. once said to the senior class, We have now reached the zenith of our glory What was then said informally we wish so- berly to repeat. To the class of '49 we are linked by fifty years of true scholar ship, noble activity and the highest manhood. For thirteen years one of our has inspired with his spirit great center of education. Under his charge a struggling college has grown to large university; it's once meagre curriculum now requires catalogue of over 400 pages; the whole aspect of the has changed; instead of a few scattered buildings is now seen a beautiful quadrangle; and at this mo- ment throughout the continent great men are busy with the wider plans which he conceived. It is not alone that this man has changed college into D university that we honor him, nor that he has served our college with labor of love--so fully given himself to Its interests that the gift of fortune Is scarcely remembered-these things are known to the world; but because wherever our lives have touched your | fife we have found friend wise enough | to be strong, great enough to be kind. We respect in you the man of affairs, we reverence in you the great presl- lent, we have the highest pride in our ,lassmate, but for our friend we have a feeling better than all.
 "Our parting wish Is that you may i've long to enjoy the fruit of your la DOT. and that you may not withdraw rom Yale that distinctive spirit which makes every man proud to have lived within her gates." The address to class mates followed.