North Park union., 1901-10-04
WILLIAM M'KINLEY AS SEEN
BY EX.PRESIDENT CLEyEI AND

PRINCETON, N. J., Sept. 26.-The ad-
,,ress of ex-President Cleveland to
,ha students OF Princeton College, on
.h. lessons to be drawn from President
WcKinley's life and death. has attract
.I much attention and Is being widely
rcnroduced. Mr.. Cleveland said:
To-day the grave closes over the
man that had been chosen by the peo-
nie of the United States to represent
,beir sovereignty, to preserve, protect
and defend the constitution, to faith
Snlly execute the laws ordained for
,heir welfare and to safely keep and
nnhold the integrity Of the Republic.
His term is closed, not by the lapse
NJ time, but by the treachery Of the
assassin. He passes from the public
sight, not bearing the wreaths and gar
lands Of his countrymen's approval,
but amid the sobs and tears of IL
mourning nation.
HE has gone to his home. not the
habtation of earthly peace and quiet
life with domestic joy and comfort.
hut to the dark and narrow house ap-
noipted for all the sons Of men, there
10 rest until the morning light of the
resurrection shall CLEAN in the east.
"The whole nation loved their late
President. His kindly disposition and
affectionate traits, his amiable consid-
eration for all around him, will long
remain in the hearts of his country
men.
He loved them In return with such
patriotism and unselfishness that in
this hour of their grief and humilia-
tion he would say to them:
1T Is Gods will. am content II
there is a lesson In my life or death
let it be taught to those who shall live
and have the destiny of their country
in their keeping
Let us then, as our dead Is buried
out Of our sight, seek for the lessons
and the admonitions that may be sug-
rested by the life and death which con-
stitute our theme.
First In my thoughts are the lessons
to be learned by the young men who
make up the student body of your uni
versity. These lessons are not obscure
or difficult. They teach us the value
Of study and mental training, but they
teach more impressively that the road
TO usefulness and to the only success
worth having Will be missed or lost ex-
apt it is sought and kept by the light
Of those qualities of the heart which
II Is sometimes supposed may safely
be neglected or subordinated in univer-
sity surroundings.
This Is real mistake. Study. and
study hard, but never let the thought
enter your minds that study and study
alone or the greatest acumulations of
learning alone will lead you to the
heights of Importance and success.
"rhe man who is universally mourn
ell to-day acquired the highest distinc.
tion which this country can confer on
any man, and he lived useful life.
He was not deficient in education, but
with all you will hear Of his grand ca
reer and his services to his country
and his fellow-citiZens you will never
hear that either the high place he
reached or what he accomplished was
due entirely to his education.
But you will instead constantly
hear as accounting for his great sue
ce.s that he was Obedlent and affec-
tionate as n son. patient and faithful
as soldier, honest and upright as a
citizen, tender and devoted as II hus-
band, and truthful, generous. unself-
Ish. moral and clean In every relation