Excerpt from Installation Exercises
Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Faculty: We assemble to-day, within these classic halls, under circumstances of unusual and impressive interest.
We are not here to promote the success or secure the defeat of any political party; we are not here to devise schemes for building railways; or incorporating banks; or opening new channels for commerce; or shaping, moulding, or directing any of the great material interests of the country.
We are here, I may be permitted to announce, for a purpose nobler in its aims, grander in its scope and comprehensiveness, and mightier and more enduring in its results, than any of those I have indicated. We are here to institute a means, to create a power, to give form and life to an organism which, in its proper sphere, and by its legitimate influence, is destined to create and perfect the Institutions of government; to control and direct the intricate operations of finance, and the beneficent influence and results of commerce; to subjugate the wild elements of nature, and to foster and command the great material interests by the power of disciplined reason - by the divinity of mind!
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