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cooally open to yoAthEof requisite qualS-
fications from every QUARTER II was tp
he a national school of breadth and Of
vision. of freedom and of equality, dedt-
Gated without reserve to. the service oi
| God and man.
1T has always been recognized that
| this school owes very much OF the aU-
moSphere which has always, surrounded
IL 10 the character Of SanHlel Phillips,
ir 1T was the inspiratlonFof young
man seeking to mfnister' toSoung men.
When he becAmefthe object OF htt@
envy bv some of his fellow students at
college we find him writing TO ms
father. Let ME be interested in the
Lord and no matter|Vho is against me
Such statement from the pen of judge
phillL was neither form nor cant but
the expression Of his abiding faith IN
the great realities. Yet he was intensely
interested in the people about him ana
in current affairs. He was lamenting at
one time that he was neglecting his
books and only gained little further
inowledee of the world He was not
rcclusc. but rather n leader and an
organizer, even in his undergraduate
days, with the natural social qualities
of youth.
Samuel Phillips had applied himself
To his work. he had followed the truth,
he had brought his faculties under dis
cipline. His mastery over himself gave
him a mastery over his associates and
impaired not only to his work but to his
pleasures a dignity and character.
Ranks as Statesman.
Graduating at about the age that
Young men now enter college, he at
once became interested in the important
public affairs that preceded indepen-
dence. His immediate family were con;
servatiye in their outlook, but patrl.
otic. For his own part he committed
himself whole -heartedly to the ReVoiu-
ton. We find him during the battle OF
Bunker Hill removing the Harvard IL
brary to a place Of safety. He was one
of a number of citizens to confer with
Gen. WASHINGTON at Cambridge and
wa later producing gunpowder for the
Army. But he was not so much inter-
ested in warfare as. he was in truth
and liberty He does not rank as SOL
dier. but as a statesman.
While plans were being perfected Tor
this academy, Judge Phillips was
member of the constitutional conven-
ton of the Commonwealth. where he
served on a special committee to draft
declaration of rights and frame OF
government. which was adopted as the
fundamental law of Massachusetts,.
In this work he was associated With
such men as John Adams and James
Bowdoin If any one desires TO be in
formed concerning the public opinion OF
that day. there is no better record OF II
than the preamble and declaration OF
rights which was then adopted. 1t conf
tainS more DOlitical wisdom sound CONS
mon sense and wise craftsmanship than
have ever seen anywhere else Within
like compass II it could be faith1
fully expounded to the youth OF our
country it would do much to rescue
them from unsdund social and political
doctrines. AS q practical. rule of human
relationship the declaration in Article
XVIII that a frequent recurrence to
the fundamental principles of the Con-
stitution and a constant adherence td
those OF piety justice, moderation, tenn
perance, industry and frugality are ab7
solutely necessary TO preserve the ad-
yAntaces of liberty and to maintain a