The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-15
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hero In 'hia ancirn'. historic institution ~
%isarning TODAY Gc1rsotnwn IL iiH ono
year older than the Cons'tri i'm NJ tho United
states f. wa founded here bv Archbishop
Carroll. himself bearing mo NJ tho great
historic ramea NJ tho Revolution. and from
President Washington dawn. "Nety ptcai
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hero 20 Fror' Won Washington wa rrc.
teufed with an address NJ Welcome nv ono
of tho students. whose children, sfindchl
dfnr. ard nov y great Rrandchlld. have since
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l. now represented here by hia descendant In
tho fourth generation
never believe m preaching an impossthly
high IDEAL. horauae 10 not wish 10 80" any
young man leave colleR" feeling that the
Ideal ls merely n hing TO b" spoken about,
written about. talked about m con v"ntiohAl
fn .hinn that II - something entirely different
and apart from conduct. Your ideals do YOU
no good unloss YOU measlrrHblr realize them
In your conduct. No INSTITUTION Of learning
should fail to max" its p upils understand
that their conduct under the strain and stress
OF life Is the mcn sure Of their success IN apply
ing the ideals that have been held NJ to them.
or course T. l. unnecessary 70 say that You
who grnIulfe from an institu ion such a.
this bear a peculiarly heavy burden OF moral
Obligation. To you much has been given,
You enter life with privileges denied to most
OF your fellows aud therefore We have a
right to expect from Won a peculiar measure
OF service 20 society. 10 the state. IN return.
OF course the first duty of each OF yon Ia
to earn his own livelihood You VIII not
fnd ii too easy. either. Your first business
is 10 he 4 help and not a burden upon those
who have helped put You through, or who
have ent rely put YOU throu gh, this insti,u IL
tion of learning That is Your first duty. |
do not want you TO 20 out so intent upon
reforming the world that You are quite unable
20 keep Your own heads above water. Re-
member that your power of doing good TO
others ia conditioned upon your noC being
a burden to others.
Remember always that honesty can
never be unilateral, Do not attack the poor
mar who is dishonest or the rich man who is
dishonest as n member of a class. attack
him simply because he is dishonest. Wage
war relentlessly on every man OF wealth
who does what is wrong. Attack in every
way the iniquity of the corporation which
commits i%niquity. But remember, YOU men
of education. you men of college training.
you to whom we have a right 10 look for
leadership in the generation now taking
up its burdens. that you do the greatest
possible wrong If you train people to an
obliqueness of vison which shall make them
condemn veal It'll instead Of condemning
crooked wealth: which shall make them
fail to see that the real test is honesty as
against dishonesty.
Condemn the rich man who corrupts a
legislature: condemn equally the dema
who seeks to incite one set of our citizens
: a against another because that other is in
the material things of this world more for
tunately on. The wealthy CORFU ptionist and
the sour que who denounces all
wealth represent. not opposite vices. but the
same vices developed under different con;
ditions. The arrogance IF the man of wealth
who disregards his obligations to the country,
who looks down upon and disregards h is
poores brother, is not a different feeling;
II is the sane feeling as the envy, hatred,
malice felt by n man Of mean and jealous
temper who lacks means for the more for
tunate man who has means The selfish
a arrogance and the envious hatred are not
different Qualities: they. are simply the two
sides Of the sa me foul shield. Ycp can rest
assured tn : the poor man who thus envies
and hates the rich man, the arrogant rich
mar who lock-, down upon and disregards
his duty iowa rd tho poor men, would each
commit rho faults of the other If fortune
placed him in the position Of the other.