The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-06-25

IdlCly IletS ally uplifting NiiSNN NfO'-
people as a whole. On the contrary, the
success which results from power with
out patience tends to place man apart
from his fellow men. Ee has achieved
it in isolation; in isolation he enjoys 1t
while it lasts, That bhilliancy which IS
the exclusive privilege Of the few leads
the many to meet its results with dls-
trust and this diStrust on the part OF
the people is met with disdain on the
part of the leader. The people fear
brilliant man because they cannot fol-
low him; the brilliant man despises the
people for the same reason. Such a
man can hardly escape the fate OF Far
acelus, who "ga2ed on power till he
grew blind" Overwhelmed with the
Importance of his scientific discoveries,
he desired to see the world at once re-
generated by his own efforts. When
men refused to accept the quick regene-
ration which he proposed, his first state
was one of intolerance; his second was
one of Encouragement and of failure,
The success which he coveted was to do
good to the people in spite of them
selves, by a sudden miracle Of power,-a
miracle which was not forthcoming and
who knows not the middle ground be-
tween the Impotence of intolerance and
the impatience of Encouragement, 1t IS
not man of this kind who can lead the
people. 1t Is rather the man who is
content to win his success through fall
ure and trial-a man Of the type or Will
liam the Silent, Of Washington. or Of
Lincoln. Defeated in detail, these men
rise from each defeat stronger In them
selves and stronger in mutual under
standing between themselves and their
followers. The success Of such men is
not an individual possession. but one
which is shared with their fellow men.
1t is success Of the kind whose highest
exemplification is in the New Tesla
ment story Of Him who died for all, and
through whom all are redeemed.
Gentlemen of the Graduating Class:
Never has there been time In the
worlds history when these lessons of
patience have been more needed. New
| scientific discoveries, new methods OF
| economic organization, new political OPP
portunities In the quick revolution of
| the worlds Kaleidoscope, put in your
| hands a power to use for evil or for
L
| what you can do that you are In danger
| Of forgetting the need Of proving what
| you are. ] entreat you never to let the
| consciousness of this power lead you to
| prefer the JOY of it's exercise to the as
! surance of its subordnation to great
ends. You hold that power as trustees
| for your fellow men. Never allow your
! self to shape a selfish definition of sue
cess in whose creation and enjoyment
| they shall have no share. True success
| in politics or in business lies not in the
| gaining OF authority, but in the use OF
authority as leaders possessed of q
wider vision and foresight. True sue
| cess in art or literature is not to be
sought simply in the development Of
new ideals. but in the Interpretation and
| expression of those ideals in such a way
| that they shall be a public possession.
May Yale be buried fifty fathoms deep
under the sea If ever she begins to teach
| her men SO to define success that II may
| be purchased at the price Of self-cen-
tered isolation! And finally. remember
that, however much you may be able to
| dazzle the multitude or lead the multi
| tude the respect Of your own con-
science, under God, is the one enduring
| possession. In patience, in the pro-
| foundest sense of the word. shall you
| possess your souls. Thus, and thus
| only, can you rise above the caprices of
fate in achieving character and fix
| ity Of purpose which 1t Is beyond the
power of fortune to take away. Thus
and thus only shall you enter into the
| estate of hin, that hath
three firm friends. more sure than
day or night;
| Himself, his Maker, and the angel
| Death"
| Be we followers of them who through
| faith and patience inherit the promises.