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  ment of his condition, that fortitude wl1icl1 enables him to
gl   bear the misfortunes of life calmly and patiently, and that in- .
  spiring hope and confidence which will urge him to rebound i
  again to renewed effort after every defeat or failure in life.
  The moral nature of man is his crown and glory, and it must "
  receive assiduous attention and culture, or the educated races  _
  of the earth will become races of pirates or devils., Is it not _-
  time here in Kentucky to make a distinct advance in civi1iza·
  tion, both in our schools and in society at large? Can we not if
  ~ agree that no man can be disgraced by the abuse and villifica-  
 _.j` tion of a venomous tongue? That no man can be disgraced _
 1   save by his own disgraceful act? Conscious of his own truth i
  ’ and justice, let the upright man ever feel assured of the sym- ._, 
 7 p pathy and moral support of all good men when he dares to  
  . turn a deaf ear to vulgar detraction. Let the lesson of the  
  _ higher courage and the loftier self-respect be the lesson of all jg
* ` our class-rooms in all our schools. A courageous man does  
; A · not need to prove his courage; it proves itself on every the-  
  l atre, both by what it does and what it forbears. A high char-  
N acter asks no affidavits as to its existence——it certifies itself A 
” and issues its ow11 credentials and carries its passports over all  
‘ l i seas and to all lands. But remember, young men, if you  
_ it { would pauoplv yourself from detraction, you must not tra-  
; _ Q duce. Be no brawlers. I indulge the hope that in the com-  
  l ing years there shall go forth from these halls a growing com-  
g     pany of youth to play a worthy part in the strange, eventful  
Q · V history of human life—teachers of youth, preachers of the Q 
A i ;_ word, lawyers and doctors, engineers to tunnel the mountains  .
* G I and bridge rivers, machinists to master and apply the forces of `  
, E 5, nature, chemists to resolve the secrets of 11ature’s great lab0ra—  
A i zi tory, agriculturists to make the solitary place glad and the wil-  
V T   derness to blossom as the rose, original discoverers in all the  
r   fields of science, and now and then a poet to sing i11spired mel-  
' i   odies, and soldiers and sailors to lead armies and man ships  
i   and rally round the starry flag wherever it may float on land  
    or sea under the whole heavens.  `
  " ‘Honor to whom honor is due} Honor to Morrill, the  
_ E founder; honor to Patterson, the builder, to whose prudence  .
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