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tes sho aspire to loitier levels, and
Ss~er still are they who put forth
worthy effort 10 attain. But there
ose shining names in history of those
who leave tlse common trails 20 stand
at last on lofty heights where wide
horizons greet their gaze To such
the world owes much. bring to
you this nsessaRe tonight that YOU
may sspire to place by their side
Count me DER earths worthy
heroes and we will find that their
achievements are measured by their
ideals la youth they dreamed
dreams and saw visions. rhey SCARED
away on the eagle wings of magma
tion TO behold things others could
not see. Their fellows passed them
by as less than the least OF men.
They were scoffed and spurned and
reviled. But alone and single hand
ed they de6ed opposition and
brought things to pass. They at
tanned only as they trusted their
ideals aud were true to them. Luther
dreamed of freedom for mind and
heart. How bold aua startling we're
his ideals; how hopeless seemed his
case as he stood alone defying the
well nigh limitless power arrayed
against him But he was true to the
heavenly vision. The rest is history
Columbus, they said, was vain
visionary. The wise men brought
their sc,ence to obstruet his imagined
path across the ocean. They came
with fearful pictures Of boiling equa-
torial seas But the light Of his
dream shone round him stiIl, and at
last he won the onds he sought and
a new land was found wherein free-
dom of heart and mind could work
out in nobler civilization. Wash
ington cherished splendid ideals.
He saw in his VISION severed sec
tons become united states, aad a
mighty nation whose influence was
felt to the ends Of the world His
tory would have been different had
he not dreamed. Again, in the dark
est hour Of the nation peril there
arose a dreamer with ideals of
union whole and mighty, needed by
God for the advancement OF world
wide civilization. When he died
that salvation was already accom-
plished. These four names stand
together and united spell out one
purpose of God in the affairs of men
Napoleon after life was but the full
fillment Of the dreams Of early man
hood. He is but type of the EN-
pire builders of the past. Watt saw
visions as he watched the steam
while it escaped from the freside
kettle, and the world has the steam
engine. Fulton dreamed Of ships to
defy the powers Of wind and tide,
and behold, the oceans are now COW
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commerce. The dreams of Milton
youth made Paradise Lost possi-
bility in later years. Livingstone
ideal of q civilized and redeemed
Africa has changed the practical
issues of many nations. Christ was
the most impractical dreamer the
world ever saw. His vision called
for no less than a kingdom which
should dominate and control TO the
ends of the earth, and he, the de-
spised, rejected Nazareen, was to be
the absolute sovereign. Even now,
after many generations, We see only
the beginnings of the attainment
An ideal must possess certain de-
finite qualities if it is worthy. 1t
must he clearly defined. Success is
not a matter of chance The archi-
tect knows exactly what and how he
is to build before the sod is broken.
The ideal must be worthy enough
to bring into play the noblest facul
ties, and high enough to be difficult
of attainment 1t NAV be well to be
successful in business and make a
fortune. but the man who thinks Of
nothing and loves nothing save what
is wrapped up in his business life,
is narrow and dwarfed His mind
needs the enlargement of art and
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