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"Thirdlyj I nane the increased love, the ssion, I hope
I may cal it, for Learning in ts larntet sense, Your studies have
been, in a iiezea-re, cirou>:stribed by the limits of time. But, what;rou hav,omple ted may have fired you with the unquernhable desire,
and T >open.it has, to make conquests far beyond your present
possession. If so, you have won the inspiration of the real scholar,
and with it the unconQuerable love of Truth as the and of all
study and research.
"Fourthly; I trust and believe you have caught the spirit of
unselfiih service to others, which I think is animating the American
Universities as never hfore. Indeed, it is imbuing the public as
never before. In my judgement,.-aws much unjustifiable denunciation
of our generation as consumed by greed and selfishross. 4&s there
ever a tixJ nsaen so much generousity was lavished on colleges,
hospitals, philanthropic and 6hristian institutions of every kind, and
so much attention given to prison reform, public sanitation, care ~Ofl
the poor, missions of mercy of every kind? The spirit of sertice
has ospitally permeated the colleges of ^merica, so that I believe
never wre the graduating classes going forth to their careers with
so devoted a spirit of service to their fellow:4n. And I rejoice in
t cofl7vitiOn that you are going forth with your full share of it as
the richest gift you carry from the yniversity to mankind.
"And lastly; in this inventory, which I am sketching, you
caram' with you, I am sure, the spirit you have gained of loyal
ev ot ion to the aivers ity. It was long thought that the g raduate s of
the 9tate University did not cherish the filial spirit of the
graduates of.t endowed Universittes. I raj glad to say, if it was
ever trm, it Is no longer tuc of the graduates of this University,

The enthusiastic flumni Associlations oranized in all the states from
the ltlO:1ti to the Pacific, and even in foreign states, and ft

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