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 l»y those rare virtues of head and heart, and thai 
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 •real gentleman, has rendered the Prewidency of lliis 
 Saciety ah enviahle otfice indeed. Nor should wc 
 d«)ul)t that when, in the course of years^ this land whiili 
 we love so well shall have written her name indelihly on 
 the roll-call of nations— when, hy the help of such ele- 
 ments of mental and moml vii^our as are here sou»,'ht to 
 l)e developed, she shall have achieved that true national 
 greJjitness which she is now ardently striving for— and 
 when this young Institution, within the walls of which 
 we have our home, shall have advanced with her to her 
 full maturity of nationhootl— the honours qf -this Chair, 
 humhle now though they seem, will be amongst tin- 
 most coveted distihctipns which University College can 
 bestow. ' . . . 
 
 Once again^ then, are we drawn . together m this «»hl 
 assembly room, so replete with the associations and me- 
 mories of other scenes an<l other days, to inaugurate a 
 new year in our existence as a Society— to give the i-al- 
 lyiftg cry for Iresh contests iii the t)road field of literaiy 
 arid scientific excellence, which it is oiir chief aim to 
 promote. The occasion is an eminently siiggestive one. 
 For to-night we withdraw, as it were, from the stern, 
 unsympathizing realities of the bustling world outside 
 and round about lis, into a miniature world of oii^ own; 
 we Ibrget for the time being the imiversal babblement 
 of scandal and personal talk going on hard by, aridbring 
 ourselves face to face with College tradition. TJhe inter- 
 est of the hour is happily blended with the shadowy in- 
 distinctness—the mellowing influences of other hours 
 like this, that it is sweet to recall. Sitting there, too, on 
 those forms, where many of you have so often sat before 
 —some now for the first time, and looking fonvai-d 
 to pleasant years of undergraduateshit)— a lew almost 
 for the last, and anticipating wi|;h a sad satisfaction the 
 brief months \Adiich will bring your college days to a 
 elose— there must here and there be mingled with the 
 agreeable remembninces of former gatherings like these 
 
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 a staunch stay an<l sui^ort to tUe .1^^^ ^^ ^^^ 
 nourished it into a hardy existence True *here W^ 
 he much to which time aloiie «}", J^"^^^;jSwe^ 
 wanting around us-much that ^"fl^ ^^,^^J ^a^ 
 hut which we do not l^^V^^V^ "^"^ ^^^S^^ Us 
 never heen enjoyed; hut ought we not ^^^ ^^ 
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 y()Uth^ Wlieii lueusurcd by the achievciiients ot' otlur. 
 societies /of a similar kind, the rewults here shown may 
 appear (liniinutive enouj^h; h't tlu'He not fail, ho\vev«'i', 
 to receive, at least at our own hands, somethinj; of that 
 gnitcfui acknowledge\nent which of old made heroes cf 
 those who had harely parsed the outposts, and eouM 
 never uojK? to storm*; the great citadel of literature suul 
 sciencel As is to he expected, there will of necessity 
 coine seasons of vexation and discoumgeineht to our As- 
 sociation; crises will arise which will lay a striiin upon 
 the tidjijlity of its inemhers. But whatever may be the 
 tri.al or your loyalty, it can only last for a time ; what- 
 ever shape the overshadowing cloud may assume, it will 
 never he ^itliout the silver lining whi(Jh betokens the 
 cheering sun-light and clear blue serenity beyond. Tlic 
 objects of our establishment may be rudely treated— 
 may even be deeply injured^ — but tlu^y can never be des- 
 troyed* Science and Letters must always r^nain the 
 saiue. Their votaries have a n^ver-changiiig purpose. 
 For, be it rememl>ered, that that "sacrecl^ torch-race,'' 
 of which Kingsley Ims sjwken, is open not merely to 
 "young and brave ones" alone, but to all who have a 
 wise ambiti(m to reach the goal and win tlie reward. 
 Late in life did the great Duke of "Wellington— of whom 
 it has been so truly sjiid that he left no duty incomplete 
 as he left no honour unac([ui red — remember that he had 
 still to testify his respect for those other liehls of human 
 ri valry and labour in which the elder Herschel, Sir Hiini- 
 phrey Davy and others— while he was Waging the battles 
 of liberty — were winning etpially imperishable iimie, 
 and adding other concpiests to the dominion, not of theii' 
 (country, but of their race. In his atimitij-mghth year lie 
 became a member of the Royal Society ! 
 
 It -is, too, a happy omen for the success of this and 
 kindred associations that their obji^cts are appreciable, 
 not merely by their members, but are in a peculiar de- 
 gree in harmony with the popular sympathies of this 
 laiid wc live in. And surely it would be no coninum 
 reflection on this Province, endowed by nature with so 
 
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 unnv ricli Kirt^ uiKl withal l.ksscd wrtli fri-clnHl.um.ms 
 wh ^i aro the FiUe of hor peph. and tlic ('vvy ot lys^ 
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 ; a S wealth, it e<»uM not ixmit ACT a^ vlu.Heu kuul, 
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 ftuind in tho in-eat Common wnilth ot U'ttfiv. , 
 
 •^ NotwithsUuHlin^ that cmr country isnew,^^^ 
 sourees to a ^reat extent nn<U*velo|»ea, and that^out. 
 nmSmen aVe engaged, an almost all mu^t he en{^i. , 
 
 (.od the claims of literature and Hcienccv haye ,l>ein 
 e ni and liherallv ui>lield. A taste to appreciates an 
 
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 CLSJ This has 'l)«eu show nv ^fy^^^^ 
 not less so in the hij^li estimate whieh has hj^ fc^^,, 
 and iustly placed— hy the Legislature ollhe l^iovjim^ 
 ipon'' he Uours of that Scientific Institute/ ot which.vt 
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 d^ht to in the coi^iality with which^ ""^Tio^ 
 liaWofKOod-fellowship has ever heenioctended to us .> 
 
 S^ chi^^s of this "Wcity" of^WestjaajA^^^ 
 for we cannot and must m>t foi-et that.it i« to then p.i^t 
 ;;;;i^tinued fovour, their kimlly «yW«'V^^de.>";^- 
 dmtion, and their friendly encimmgement, tluit wi ov\ l 
 muih<,f wliut we are, <>r:of wlmt we m.^^ e^.^r i^pe^^^^ 
 W. Of course notliin- is im.re lial.le *" almM ^tl ai^ 
 TK)i)ular power, and where, as in a country like this, the 
 le S^ been accustomed f;>r over a score ot years t^) 
 il^JLovH^rnment, it would indenlhe stmnge it Us e>.T- 
 cise had left an unsullied record hehind. Yet withal 1 
 £ J im d;>ul>t that when the history of Bj tish Ainencan 
 Literature and Science comes to. he written, ^t an 1 ^^ 
 l^mnd that the past result, of poj.iilar goveinintm tin t ns 
 Province have, hi an eminent dt^sree, iostered tlioM' i»iu- 
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 rail to l)e related liow the j^mtilyiiiK "resuUrt" ivn'iiv.l 
 to have also be.'ii <lne to the stronj,' C.*olouial tie whicli 
 knits this diHtant outpost of the Empire to the inutlicj- 
 laud— a tie that will l)e all the closer on account of llwit 
 ocean-huried cable which now moors the old worhl so close 
 alongside the new— a tb that is preservwl by mutual aU 
 tachifient and mutual respect— and which, in a peculitiiv 
 dejrree, has been instrumental in {giving 4io societies such 
 a^ ours a< cosmopolitan character whicli they could ill af- 
 ford to lose. F()r it is still our singular happiness thai, 
 while living under the genial sway of a daughter of tlu> 
 Brunswick line, the sweet arts of peace are achieviU},' 
 triumphs which will render the Victorian ^iJ^lluHtrious 
 in all time to come, we share in all the pis^ige of 
 that island einpire— the august mother of future nfttioiis; 
 so, too, as members of an Association specially devOt^ 
 to the discussion of literary and scientific topics, \u\ 
 claim to have an interest in all those successes whuli 
 mark the progress of literature and science, wheresoever 
 gained. We wish to be considered as humble followers of 
 these— joined in an earnest endeavour to discover their 
 great truths, whensoever and wheresoever met with in 
 the wide circle of human knowledge. , We claiin also 
 the dignity of workers; and cheerfully and heartily in- 
 vite our fellow-students to fall iiito our ranks and unite, 
 with us in forwarding the same noble cause. ' These art; 
 some of our general aims, but by no means all. The ob- 
 jects of our weekly meetings would be very inadequately 
 fulfilled if they simply affoKled to piir nSetnb^^^^ an 
 agreeable and intellectual means of passing an eveniiijj, 
 We iiirther seek, by the essays which are there read, and 
 by the debates which are there engaged in, to creat? a 
 new spirit,©f enquiry, to excite and encourage in another 
 shape the desire for tlie acquisition of that knowledge 
 which is otherwise obtained by close attention in the 
 College lecture-room and a^duou^ effort in the calm quift 
 of the study; and, by the influence of mind upon mind, 
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 tUiniliar with those devated m-ntiinentH and high cxatu- 
 T,h.H'that AouriHh public Bpirit, the h.viM.t ^doivYon- 
 tempt of eximal iortiine, and tlie adnumtion ot wh^U .^ 
 ti-uly iUu8ti-Lm and great. To its provmce \.elong.v\ll 
 that relates to^eauty, harmony, gmndeur ttii<l elegam.^ 
 all that can sooilie the mind, gmtity the lancy, or n o c , 
 the affections. It presents human nature .hefore h «' in 
 all its phases, and,Vupon the nunds of .maiyiduals . 
 upon individuals themselves, it ImngJ into the hroa. 
 light of noonday various springs ot action and hiids ..i 
 q^omise which might liave gliinmered ^^'^S^^'^^'^.i!;;;^ J''; 
 twilight or blushed unseen in the' shaile.^ In a diller • it 
 sense: it is a camp 6f militarjr instruction, wherem tlu- 
 raw recruits are inai-shalled Into battalions and com- 
 panies, drilled to habits of regularity aj^^^ P^^^^^^" " 
 hc^t^se of such weapons as me turnisljed J^^^^^j^;^ 
 ture's own armo^i'y,and taught those habits ot ohedie. ^^^ 
 and self-controurand that respectful deference for sukv 
 riors, which are/the essential marks o ^^veiy true^old (• . 
 • It is this mental drilling, so to "P^a^l/J^^f,^,^ ^"^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 the sinews of Si€ mind, and prepares it for the stre«^ 
 and-enduran/e requisite in the forced, inarch throujil 
 Ufti Such^A a few of the advantages to be denvcd 
 from a Un/versity education in training the mind lor 
 literary andf scientific pursuits. ^ 
 
 The unAeniable benefits of a collegiate course ho^v- 
 ever, are/ best estimated by their results; and onu 
 of theWost satislactory results to your imnds-shou M 
 
 ^^ be thf. Tstrong ^^itality which f ^'^ rT ?l^^.!^ 
 - v,?ui-^U' Association. Indeed it -is Vnot the least 
 "k^nifiiftt- proof of the success ;oftl^ various e- 
 fbrts for pilTlia. education througli the wide aven e. 
 whicb colleges aiid universities have opened up, that 
 theyhavec^ated aiict^ered an earnest longi^ hi 
 more extended knowledge^ desire whic^e^ 
 self; amongst other ways, in the attenipts to establish so 
 
iKAUOURAIi ADDREHS. 1^ 
 
 • Vip«ftr institutoH Hucli'ha t1»i»»,to assist In intcVlectunl 
 
 t ■ . v^vluMo il.o i'Mcr riU lirKt ,) unu-a h.s w.uks lor 
 a H' ii «Uev HigMs wl.icU doctritu.l the lint.Hh 1 ous. 
 
 ,lvin<' hoiumr rownd \m imnu 
 
 . U C.i-aiiuuy sou tirst Imil sr<.iu. myeii to the pmv ' V ol 
 lut . ft HWftV over tlurturV)itUMit (Vniniunis, «ihI wind 
 
 hi'^^to 1 miko lii^ the classic aj?c of ,>arliamcntiiry .(mi- 
 " ana where, m later yeart., aUeiliy aiul aG a(\8tmio 
 
 Mt\iXevea those youth fill Huccesses which, iii after 
 ^.^v^et) placetW so near th.thronc^i.u>nKs 
 tE' Sovereign'8 most trustea counseHQr^. - ^"^'S ^ 
 Sity College, Cambriage, were "The Aposth^" (a 
 Si^wUauatSs' cluh, «o callea from the _fact d the r 
 SaV^T havhiK thh-teen niemhers in resulence), who 
 S erea in their ranks most of the honour men and 
 S STof the aifferent yeat^, from Freshmen youni; 
 ^ V^Klant, to oia ana knowing Sophomores. So also 
 Tl^^Sn^ place, was tiie " Sterling Cnus: namea ato 
 
 r^ Lm/moi^ htio, a well-known contnlmtor to the 
 ZS^X ^^ which compri^a among its mem- 
 £ manAvho 4canie a ment theo ogians 
 
 l^ Mam-ice of King's Gollege, Loiulon, ana Dean 
 SUnley^^ hiographei- ot 
 
 tl r aL^ r^^^ Arnoia, poet, like Tennyson Eng^ 
 llmd^sweet singer, and Milnes,nov.^^^ 
 peer of the United Kingaom; novelists like Thackeia^, 
 vhom we remember for his magnanimous life ana Ills 
 ^ly death, one happy Christmas eve, in the world.of 
 his oNvn mighty Lonaon, which he lovea^ so w ell-at 
 ^lioSTonib^ liA-al (Dickens) wept, aiul the great ana 
 Won^s of hi^ cointrymen stoopecl over sorrowiiig; 
 represe^itatiyes of the true bone ancf sinew in diteratiire 
 lili:^a« Carlyle a giftecl autlior, ^^ V^ 
 Lord Rector of Edinburgh University. Th^se ^ "^^^ 
 a few iiixiversal geniuses, claimed connection with that 
 
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 INAUaURAt ADDRE88, 
 
 Mimll l.ut'l.iillmnt uHHociation fouinUMl l.y oM .loin, 
 Steili«<S «umI lU'ViT 1»1iih1i(m1 i.. ackiiowU'aKcvtlu- jiuul.u- 
 lul.I(ri."iu'fits wliiiU tlicy iU'vivoa t«V»>/ V; ^»»^«'' «'.»'< 
 was the "Union" at ( ninil.ru !«♦•, with lU i.iuinly ni- 
 ,onu'ortwoth.mKunaiivi'hnnaml |.oiimU \>vv lumiim 
 (xvAuM that om- i)wn oxchcmioi' lieh hut a ti 1. 
 of the Kuni!), ana its miXi^miuvnt _haU o aKs.n.hlv, 
 wluMv, it iK naid, that, m j.uhlic nights hkivtJiis, l,,. 
 fart(»tmnH of wealthy M. IV'h in the ( (>ninums an, lul 
 ioutv nohlcH (the proprietoi-H ot vocket horougliH) n. Ilu- 
 LuniV were wont to reiuiir ami KiiigU^ out tor tln^ luliu. 
 ns,. ol'their patroiiH " the Htars" of the dehate-t hose i.iju 
 oIloiiL? wiiul, stiotiK muscle and ortlunlox imUtics, ;yl... 
 ^ouUf prove' likely eaudidates, ^ under^the.r covenn, 
 wings,, at the next gencml elei.tion. Such, at th • ol, 
 Scotch UnivemtV of Glasgow, was tlu. celeWahM 
 «D etanti Cluh," where "Christopher North" ..si 
 uhe ted his pen i\>r those brilliant articles which ho.v 
 the fame of ktckwood to its zenith, and lelt a men.. > 
 &! and green for all time of " the old inan elmiucnt 
 who rote them. Such, in that othei- Univei-sity c tv, 
 he unrivalled liteniry metropolis ot Scotland, w.is t m^ 
 Society in which Brotigham, at the dawn ot his glorious 
 career, gathered his college friends around lam to t..i..i 
 i^r thit future arena where he v^asto heayeiy gUidm o 
 in the debate. Such was the kind o Soaety to > nrl. 
 Burke belonged when a student at Trinity OolU-c, 
 Dublin,-^anSrator fmileprincepsm ^^^f^^^ 
 the crtille land of a^herulan, a Curi-an and a Grattan, 
 and of him wl^o but one phort year aS^Pf ?f^ »;^;^' „"' 
 (leep-dinted harness," full otvigour and full ot honou.s, 
 
 for whom— 
 
 *• It U8 befltted 
 To bear our hearts in grief^and our whole kiiiKaun. _ 
 To be contmcted in one brow of woe, 
 
 and who now sleeps near the mouldered lorni of a Chat- 
 havin his tom^ beneath Westmmster Abbey And 
 suJh let us hope, will, in some slight degree, be th^ b.. 
 ;tety to which we belong. True, we may not be able to 
 
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 INXUUVRAL ADDRKHH. 
 
 ir» 
 
 wilt, rail >vuaia "* ^ . ^ | ^.^^ anumaiul la i«'- 
 
 ^'^""llaH'" P^^^ in th. lull pIuiH. 
 
 '""i 1 . of vout? HtroUK in public coi.tiacnoe and U'oi- 
 
 r"^ m^ Sa in ta«t of iil.cna U.«cUe.» «U Lav. 
 
 , tlmt our youuK A-s^cmt on >" 'j™;^™ ,^/f,„ a very 
 mimWrs ami coiihn«l in it« amis, cai I H j , ,. 
 
 l„..g thne to -5;;Sfj«;rS.lc is^"^^^^^^^^^ a,.,, 
 mentioneil. Til h. .1 loi » j^ ^ „tiUtarian-tl.<' 
 too in-odactive ot wlmt ja Pia^uca ^^ „arrain 
 
 have set In upon us i «}f » *Ji" V f^^tS^lown and 
 ,vearenow K»^«l, ?'?»" X\ S 1 St «,.«« tl.e 
 
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 influonctMni the litcmry train of th«)U^:ht, uu.l on tW 
 oniuioiiH of tlif IH'oph' of tliiH couiitvy/ 
 ' The Holia .ulvuiitn«i'H (>!• (I ilnm- n.niu'ctioii wmi »i S.- 
 ridv likv IhiH ^yo^M kcciii luinUy lurrKmiiy to hv .Iw. i 
 
 ^r^ lmr.n, i'^iu'^ially if it tru.l in any wuy to ,v- 
 aw tkc'ii UH all to u m.so .»f our tnu; yoMUon u.no..;j.l 
 ur iVUoWK, aiul io tlu' iiui.ort.inn> vvl.uU AucIn ,.•„.,.. 
 u^Lhs in < uulityiug ii. I^.r tb^ aulu-n ol ull.r lUj'. n.^ 
 uMOiitlu. one luu.a it .lumia ni;vi>r l.c lorK'ottrn ll.iU 
 vi. an. yonuK men, ami youu- inc-^vi't at c<|1U^hs su on 
 4e (.ther luuul, wc s u.uia n.uu;inU;r that w.- to ... a 
 ; « >Uae Hoclal l.o<u4a coiunuiuity in whuh >v. n.us 
 nerely lean., but ^.t ana live, atul act ana live not 
 vry««"« "^^"' Initas youuK men >.'lu> y.^\\ Iniv. o 
 Car lie InulLiH, butfJt the billow., aiul nhare n. .. 
 hai) contests of oUler uul Btemer inai.homl Kwyuv^ 
 MhIi inina, is it a matW-r of little inoment how w. juv 
 ■eparea or vreimring f ( r the tank which lies be O. • .. ! 
 ffi^onplacb ni the tliglrt inav .qvpear rt w.Uua n .- 
 taiiiB a truth A^orth poiiaenuK <leei>ly, that t t hu 
 the future are coininittea to ou}' charge. Ot the wt al m 
 A^^ a- nations we must one aay become the arbiter.. 
 T e aestiny of the woik niust be entrustea to ik 
 WUhiii latif years, how m vny gi-eat lights have g< me .mt ; 
 Im V inaX Within the nasi twelvemonth; ana how man, 
 ireveM waning Way? Orators ami poets n 
 
 whom the woria is proua Lve passed irontthe scene n 
 leirtriumnhstoman'scoW V^m- [ 
 
 n-eat ones, whom it delightcU men to umonr, liave torn 
 mrthlv himagc no bar to their going the way •**" 
 ^ e 1 V things? Statesmen Wave been snatch^a ir.;iu tl..- 
 ' ^ cSs^Kyalty-some Xe for the mowei, ana s.n.iv 
 iXe X full hardest of tlfer fame haa bek gatlu-rck 
 " in Philos()pher8, warriors, iWn of letters, m<[chaniciuns 
 , awvei-8, inventors, have, all fcen siwimonea bvay, hav- 
 ^^U^ in the. Wl-callof humanity ; | ^^ ^^f ' 
 must fill their places. HoV many hoiamg iir.sts ol 
 
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ijlAUUURAl. \Ul)UKM>t. 
 
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 '"•'"^u;;m"i^ ... .«"•"'• "•" -"«••'"' •"■•;•■'"'."• 
 
 aroiuul tlicni f /^ "" . roiiHtnut our milrou.U, 
 
 ennulH a.u IcnKMT.i'i'y, ^ [. n Vl^t tlu' Hmn with 
 
 t u! wulH (»t our < oiiimi r . . ^t,„.|„K urf rolling 
 
 HiiTiiKof the tuu«H"— 
 
 .. J w».ftfHiMiHt.wia lean, what iH to comer 
 
 rulerH and jiu ««« t a Jh»^^ ^^ J ,^„thoTH, their bewitch- 
 
 "'« ^TVm\ in wn?^^^^^^^^ watch the ehh mul 
 
 aii'iM ot high renown ( y^"" "•' , imi.enaiuir aiHanttir, 
 H,,wofcircjuj^3 -^^^^ Uons in 
 
 Hiitt^y t>ver liu- "pHuih h ocmu highways 
 
 satishne««?^ Whom Kt uo^^^ eiviU/^itiou to other 
 
 Uml them t( virtue and 'l'*;^;^" H^'^^^^^tXH^ Who 
 
 their cheerlf « niiseiy, and "^^^ •\;7;^^^ "write thc^ir 
 
 "interrogate nature'^ wkI nat ues IQ \^ ( ,,„ ^^j,. 
 
 ^ numenalfSni'ave a ^^«>f ^ ^^ ^, X our ^^^^^ 
 
 :^totv'« em])lazoned l>a«er ^^V^, "' '/^^^ „^^^ the 
 
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 mKVQVnXh AUDRRHH. 
 
 i 
 
 ■U'^r^l 
 
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 iiiavi!4l iIh' Im'jicou IJKhf'* "f honour. 
 Who arc l»» l«'a«l tluj vuii in f»'ttrloii{iiHmiurf^<iir«h;{'nf«li>iii 
 tiiiil urniij^-tloin^', wlirncvt-r un«l Nun'ri'Vfi' j'iii'oMiilrir.|, 
 mihI Im' tin* iluinii»iouH of rivil Hiitl r^•li^'iouM IHhtIv iit 
 III*' liviii;,' linu'n tjiat art- luuiiiiii^' u|» aluiul ol' iik/ In ;i 
 >vohl, \v)i«)«<i> niirMion iti It to " r»M(««'iH| rt'«« utrulr au.l 
 • lis* iitliml" tli»' world i Nont' oth«;r tliaii ouw-TifMr w li.. 
 art! I'oinwu'ucin^' o>»r litV's work- wlio liaVfi tlu-*^ tlfw of 
 IriMlilv-attaint'd nianho«Hl on our Iuowh, auU, li*t it Im 
 hopi'iOttie lirLM»r wuU'nvoiU' in (»ur luartrt. 
 
 vV^ffi tlii'SiJ plain farts lu'loii; uh, in it ft nuUtcr fl 
 sl*>jlit ii(li»orlan««' wlictiu'r w«' an- |tru«lt'nt''or «arr|r-in, 
 win*; or unwisf, ri^ht or wronj^, in our aims/ Is it iiit 
 iuMignilicant tiling' whetlusr wv avv htmw aUtu^ Hupinrlv 
 with tin; rurrent lur out into tiic o|mmi K'U— rtln' nport of 
 I'verv i>asrtinK K'^h- -"»' '•'••lit )u^<tily with tin* wavt^, ainl 
 vwini in triumph on th«'ir ri«l^'y toiw^ (^ut-rics liki- 
 thi'Mf MUK^'OMt hut on«i anHwtr. It in th-arly tin- inipii;»- 
 tive iluty of every ono to qualify liiniHrIf lor llnwo |»o^i• 
 tion.H in'life tlmt arc aliJ^kWnjo all, l»y a vi^^orous c\- 
 crtioijtaMj|t«l manly at ti\J^[fcflii>h a^traiHinj^i4^*><'>*' 
 tiot^ lure this U so )i('('JHHHp^t<'*h vPnc, tlu'ri' 
 U} much in the liniit^^^nWiiii our own litth- Pro- 
 vince jiresents, to daunt youthful elfortand <lanj]» youth- 
 ful enthuHiasnij Itut this rannot always l>e; and as tlti- 
 arena for artion is «'\tend«'d, so the avi-nues to puMir » 
 . pri'lVrnicut will he more nunu'rous and less erowdt*!. 
 /^ This country has lu'r destiny to work out like 'every § 
 i»ther; history must repeat itself here as elsewhere; «in«l 
 thon^'li it is sairl— _ 
 
 "TlM'nj'H fi (livlnUy tlmt hIihiu'h riur «*mlt4, 
 Houglihi'W tln'iii how w«' will"- - 
 
 is there any the less incitement, on that account, to h»fty 
 purposes, amhitioinraimsi »>b nol»le resolves i Tlu; jjrcal 
 drama of futurity no mortal eye may ken, and wln» then 
 can predict the juirt which any one of you may he calhtl 
 upon t(> play therein? Did Shakespeare, the ol>scur«' 
 actor, did i)ante, the lionu'less, wanderin«^' exile, or 
 JJurns, the \inkn<»wn menial in Tarbolton» foresee tlif 
 
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 hulo whit'li w«iMlil oiH'UuyHumuiiHl tUi'lniaiiuM? Cti« 
 
 . >4f 
 
 Sttiinul L«'»', tlu' rliuiity-w'lhMiI Ihjv, liuvf iHiMoniih^ 
 
 iiim^.'iiHHl Saiiiiu-I Lrr, tin- rinfi^mit (»J' OHmtiil l^iii 
 ^jujim'H ill tlu- Uiiivti-Hity of Cainliridlgi' ' •'««• a pmir, 
 wll-almH<Hl luliuit in aiiKliKliHli pHh#i rvir tlmiHi Ihiil 
 tlu' Ikm.U wliicfi lie tln'iti wnitc wi*«l»l !>»• nail nvIhuvi)' 
 iiiul HO l«'iiK ax tin' Kii^^linli toii^'ur ik HiwiktiiJ l)i«l Wntl 
 ill hirt liuiiiliU) niUaj^'c, TlioiiiaK llotwl in liin roimt 
 iii^jiiMUii, Hir Uolait IVtl iu liin w»»r|iHln.|», m Kirki" 
 Wliitc 111 a quit't atUuiu'v'H ottla- in Kottiiij^linm, fvi'*' 
 dimx'iii tlu! niclif in " Kaiiif*H |miu«l t(Wl»U*" Avlitrh hr-- 
 wjiM »U'Htim!«l to till/ Who nin Iwliovt- tliat NiIhoii 
 Hroiite, i-utuniinK from In<lia on nuk leave, Itiokt-n m 
 hiulth, <U'pn!MHc«riii HpiritH, an«l with oiiJy tho mfik ul 
 liiidHhiiunnn, Inanl lin^'in^,' in hin laiH tho *• iiohh' wfttvh- 
 w«ml of Trafalgar," which was to niakf thenaiiu! of N»l- 
 Hon couinn-nHumtt! with tho naiiu' of Kiij^uml lu'imlf? 
 Think of (JhaileH Dicki-nn faming hin tirA half-^;uiiuu 
 m a reiMnli-r ft>r u London ni*WHjMi|itr, uiul i«(r him now 
 on hiH " chuuly Huniniit" art the h.ivnioKt n^vlirtt of his 
 tiiiH'. Think, tews of DoUKlan .hiioUl -tliit hai'il-us**! 
 child of giiniuH—rttruKKHiiK in youth with |lie iMArity 
 of hirt hnu'ly h)t, and then of hin after contiibitions to oui- 
 later EngHrth literatuie of fiewloni; and of Thaekeiay, 
 who begun life with few fiientlH and no jwitniiis, hut who 
 diwl the master of the pureHt Kngliwh pioHe of his day. 
 Yet uU tlierte once had aHpimtionw like ouiHekeH; many 
 of lliem were memhern of literary Kocieties litaeour own; 
 «very one of them aivmi at greiitne»H, ami ewy one of 
 i\niiii attained it. ¥ 
 
 >^BUI, ItJt it he olmerved, that whatever we may^nchieve 
 \cau only he acliieve<l by our own exertionH. Self-eiUt- 
 bitioaUthat upon which we nmwt all relv for future 
 SccesH, and to tlilH o«d the Society to wbicli wv belong 
 will be fouml in aii eminent degjee conducive. (leniuH, 
 it irt said, commeiiceH where rulen end; ho here are often 
 deveiopcnl those mialitieH of wdf-reliance and originality 
 of thought that, through the agency of Hiniilar siocietieH, 
 lii'Ht introilucwl Pitt luid Burke to the worhl. In the 
 
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 iKAUOtJRAT. At>nRK«8. 
 
 fttiuly of olcKiucncc, which it luttkcHitupHncipalohjwt, it 
 pluei's.withiri the rcnch of ovf ry iiu'iiilM'r one of the imtHt 
 Iimctical ftccompliHhim'iitH Ai( thix higlily iu'»oiii|»Iis|i(.| 
 uihI practical ago. A tnio poet hiw m\u\ that — 
 
 "Hi>^»»ch v«'iitilat«'H our liit»'U«'<'timl nro; 
 M|M)ecU t)imiiHli«>H our mental ni^y^ntUw -^ 
 HriKliteiia for oniMiiivnt aiitl wlu'tH for um;" 
 
 and what more in ehKiuence than Hpeech in itH inoHt oh - 
 vated fi»riu, iiiuler the Hiirc giii«laiici? of Reason? I ndci'tl, 
 in tlie Iiighest Hpecies of elo<iuence, wliich is ever tlic 
 iiiOHt intellectual, Reason inHuprenie; and though itstiix 
 the feelings to their depths hy thrilling i>athos or tin- 
 tuniultH of pasoion, Hhe never once relaxes hold of lici- - 
 sovereign sceptre. What Emernon luw naid of Plato • 
 may he applied to the true orator: "Nothing' can 1w 
 " cohler tnan his head whm, the lightnings ot his inm- 
 "gination are playing in the sky," Genuine eloquence 
 —who can compass the range and depth of its influence ( 
 It cultures and invigorates the imagination, witlK>ut 
 which the utterances o£ the speaker, although posscssiiiL' 
 aU the solidity of body, would yet lack the subtle and 
 sympathetic essence of soul. It infuses into the mind a 
 spirit of enei-gy and di^mity, and adds true nobility to 
 the character. But, besides this, it can stimulate to wel l- 
 nigh overjipwering exertion, or restmin with a hallow- ! 
 ing spell thri strongest impulses of our nature. It can 
 nerve the timid mind with a lion-like coumge, or i)ros- 
 trate it with an almost supernatural teri-or. It can steel 
 the feelings of the most affectionate against every 
 prompting of pity, or melt the calloij^ heart into lui- 
 cohtrollable anguish. It can move to joy or to sorrow; 
 it can Btrfbt the gentle tear of compassion whence it never 
 flowed befbrCj ot rouse into instant action the vilest paH- 
 sions of our race.- -It can gild the poison chalio^ of ha- 
 tred with the tinsel of crafty sophistry, or inspire with 
 a* semi-adoration the fealty of unselfish friendship. Antl 
 aa upon the individuals who compose society, so ui)oii 
 society as a whole— its power is irresistible, jlt can cor- 
 rect the most /flagrant evils, or expose and eradicate the 
 
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 LTOMhi-Ht wr<»n«H. It can luM lu-w Htn-n^th to tin; funt-H 
 of wKtinl unu'llomtion evorywluiv, luul nhcd lustre upon 
 an julvorjuy of tin* ciaiuiH ati«l a phjulin^ <»f the niUMt- of 
 • rriiiK, o|»j»r«'sH«'«l or fallen liuuiaiiitv. No K«»al«'r tisti- 
 iiiniiv fouM hv ^'ivrii to itn |»ow«r ainl value than the 
 loliowinK' wonlH, a«hlressrtl to the ntudentw of Ulangow 
 l^nivei-Hitv, hy one \\\utHv own hrilliant achievements a« 
 an orator have heen lij>th tin- a«lniinition an<l nnxlel of 
 I wo generations*:— *'T<» •litlus«' uneful infonnation — to 
 "further intelleetual relinenieni, sure I'oreninner of 
 "moral iniprovenu'nt- to hasten the foniing of the bright 
 "day when tlu- «la\vn of general knowledge shall cliaso 
 "away the lazy, lingering mists, even from the hase of 
 "tilt- great social i>,vrami«l -this imleedis a high calling, 
 "inwhi<ii the most splendid talents and conRumtnnte 
 "Virtue may well pn-ss onward, eager to bear a part." 
 
 Umler the <<>ntroul of a master mind, who is able to 
 resist this armanunt of logical nubtlcty and rhetori- 
 cal skill/ The old Attic orator, by his powerful invec-. 
 five, stirred the hearts and nervecl the arms of the ncople 
 of that " tierce democracy" to withstand the Macedonian 
 invader, the thrilling appeals of Cicero roused as well 
 the grave senate as the street mob of the "Imperial 
 (^ity" to action. (Christian Europe was fired by. the en- 
 thusiasm of old P«ter the Hennit, buckled on its armour 
 as one man, and marched away to beard the lordly Sara- 
 cen in the very citadel of Tiia strength. The laconic but 
 <'niphatic and "impassioned harangues of the first Napo- 
 leon blinded his devoted followers to the fear of^dapger. 
 The lofty, genius-inspired oratory of the elder Pitt, the 
 vehemence vet gracetul tact (►f the great Lil)eral leader. 
 Fox, the bold eainestness of the noble Wilberforce, the 
 brilliant periods of Burke, which filled the House of 
 Commons like the full, round notes of a pealing organ, 
 the coumgeous and glowing extempore eftbrts of Curran 
 — theKrskine of the Irish bar,— the dazzling accomplish- 
 ments of Erskine himself, the model in thought, word. 
 
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 1(Kik and lU'tion ol' all that wan adniimMc in an orator; 
 tlni aniiaMtv iMTMuaHivcnt'HH (»f WhittU-M, the |»alri«tii( 
 anlour of Danirl O'ConiH-U, tho finiKhotl fonipoHiiion ol 
 Canningt tho Huhlinio diction of (Mialmom^thc niniily 
 ilipiity of Sir RoluTt \\'v\; and, in ourjHki day, liit- 
 ran- ivadiru-sH and nkill of l*alint'i'Hton.ft|t^^W»iHxi<'al clc- 
 pmci! and nUitfly inipivsnivfncHH of 4i^«||i^ and (ilud- 
 Hton»«, and the polislu'd winasni of Bhyiltnin PiKnuli, 
 exi'iiiplifv the nnnmt('he<l power of ehMiuence to ntinm- 
 late and Hway the luinian mind, and (jnieKen **the frenzy 
 and fire" of the human lieijirt. 
 
 The aneientH ha<l fostered an o))inion that thin tah-nt 
 (»f public Hpeakini? was in a more than usual degre*^ tin-. 
 ereatuTe ot diHcii>iine; and it is one of the niaxiniK haml- 
 ed down to us as the result of their experience, that men 
 must he honi to poetry an<l hred to eloquence; that tlu- 
 I Mini is always the child of nature, and the orator alwa.v.s 
 tln' issue of instniction. 
 
 The foundation for the oratorical tftlent inuf*t unques- 
 tionably he lai<l in the hountiesof nature. The im]«nr- 
 tial nuwe, we are told, struck the bard of the Iliad with 
 blindness when she ^fjive him the powers of song; so her 
 sister not unfrequently bestows the blessing of wisdom, 
 whil(» she refuses the readiness of utterance. But oia- 
 tory is not wholly depeijdent lipon natural gifts. It is 
 an art as Well, although, as Swift has somewhat (juaintly 
 jnit it, in this as in many other things, ''the greatest art 
 IS to hide art." The ftieulty which is exerted in the 
 mechanicnt \mTt of the professed artist's task has been 
 called " the language of painters;" but that is indeed but 
 poor elmiuenee which only shows tlmt the orator can 
 talk. Word?, therefore, fjhouhl l)e employed as the means, 
 not as the end: language is the. instrument, conviction is 
 the work. Art is at least necessaiy to the speaker in 
 order to his being graceful; but to him ^yho would f«)l- 
 ioW its rules there is the warning of many who, by en- 
 deavouring to show the utmost degree of grace, do too 
 often exceed its limits, and involuntarily glide into the 
 most odious of all odious practices— aftectation. It is 
 
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 til." »'!iani»'t«'n'*ti«-^t»l" smnr simuIo'I-m Iu Ik- iirraltl of t«»M- 
 
 lull* 
 
 atnl iiiHipitliiv, wliit li tlirv lliiiiK liny laii invt 
 
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 h avoul. Kvt'ii iiiastrix nl' ^jnuf aihl Hrpiiin' in 
 
 (Uitorv liavf « t»iin 
 
 to lulirvr Hiis. Tluv Miinllv «lri\f 
 
 oil 
 mil* 
 
 t(» tin' v*iv \v\'*jr *•!' ii*li<iil*'; •!•»' f^p** tal*»r iiiav a 
 
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 ,,,. tli*ir i«**ki*'ss iiitropitlity, luit iHalarin«'*laiMl aiiii»»> 
 I at a l»I*niisli ii|»nii wlial otii* rwvsi' >v*)ul*l 1>»' a fault I 
 
 rt^H 
 
 Holt. Altlioiif^'li 111*' iK'i^imii r may tliiM.liiKl *<»iiiloil in 
 
 tlu' tlioii^'lil tliat til*- V* 
 
 V ru>*l liav*' ii*if l'*'*'n always 
 
 ii|H)n 
 
 „,„,.. Ili*ir iiwnviV, an*! lliat j.. rliapH tliciv in ii..t a nm-l*' 
 ilutori.al fault V.nt, what may take sliolt.r niMhr tim 
 moHt v*;m'ra!»l*'autli*>ritl«'s, yvt to llu' s|.oak.r that styU- 
 is only lu'iiVft in >vlii*li lli*' ntil»l*st |uiii*ii»l*'s aiv iini- 
 
 • • lime aiv intitlo*! 1<» tin- litnt 
 
 nlartr*'*! tin* lM»iin«l'ir- 
 
 loniilv i»ui-sii*'*l; an*l llt«'y a 
 
 k ill lii»< *'Htimali«in wlm liav*- t 
 
 ran 
 
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 tiiiL' tln' iimst faitliful i*l*'as of natur* 
 
 Ifliiw art, ami lais*-*! it t.» its tru*' «li-,'iiity l>y vxliilu 
 
 fuit til*' qiU'Htion is.oftiii |ml, *'s|n'(iaHy l\v tli*»s*' wlio 
 uiL' Imt Hturling in the ni**' t*ii' *»ur SoiictyV Immiliiv- 
 
 as a siM'j 
 
 , I in onl*'!' to attain r«'siH'*tal>ilily 
 
 iikVi-r iviiat iiu'tluMl shouM I inifHiie lliut my 
 
 " How am I t*> in*»*'*'*'* 
 
 ,l*^sirc t(^ rxci'l may !»*• ^'latiti*'*! / 
 
 Sonu' *»f v*ni mav lu'iiunw ncolUrt tlu' |»illiy ivi»ly o 
 til*' Sfotrh'luwvt'r'wlu'n a similar imt'iy was a*l*livssnl 
 to liim. F*)iv many y*'ars a«j;*», as tlu' st«.iy iv*it«'H tli*' 
 latlu'i' <»f a *'U'V*'i' Y*n^l|,'('anll»l•itl^^' man who liad 
 *ani('*l ii*> little (listiiution jit hin UniVt'isity, ami ^ivcn 
 otliiT imlicalious of i'xtraonlinury talent, haviii},' (lestin«'*l 
 his son for iml>li«' lil'S ai»]»lie*l t*) a frien«l, anemineiit 
 utlvoeaU' and ])«»litieian hey.ma tlie 'J^\\i'Vi\, lor advice as 
 totUe imnier training t«) l»e nn*lerp»ne hy the youth, 
 ^ith a view to his l»e('»rmin«^ a successful orator. I he 
 xiouslv awaitetl, an*l at h'Ugth it came: — 
 
 answer was an 
 " llivmust sei 
 
 k the c*>nversati*>n of ohh-r men, an* 
 
 I talk 
 
 Vat them with*»ut heiiig afrai*l *>f them; he must talk a 
 Iv lor tlu' sake of talking,'; he must 
 
 <M*'at «leal, Uien 
 
 'talk t*H» much \}\ I'*niipany." Para«loxical as the opin 
 ..11 of our '* lean/*'*! friviul" may appear, tlU'ie was a rea 
 lupth of meanini^ in it. For it may ha sately i)reBUmea 
 
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 tliiit Uh! yduiiL' «olK%'ian, fur.wlioHt! Itimt'tit tin- lulvitv 
 wiiH iutt>ii(U'<l, liuil till ttic ^'it'tH of Houiid un«l vurinl hiIkiI, 
 uiHliip wlioivwitli to vnrirli tin* ilu'torit'ul Hcquimmnts 
 
 • ill which lit' uinied. If, Iht-ii, he bowiiac [mmwohhciI cif a 
 liuhit of talking to<» iiiiuli in coniiNtny, it wuh not iiw 
 iiki'ly that hu wonid my a ^nvat deal worth liHtcning to; 
 if iiin I'onvemitional H)>aiTingH with hiw Honiorn cncioiuh.. 
 (•«l in any cane upon the (hiniain of K(kkI tante or l(<mhI 
 nianiu'iv, or t'vt'U of conmion ni(KleHty,tlu'y wonhlat Inist 
 liavi; th(^ countenance of leaniiu}^', and 1k^ unnmrred hy 
 ej,'regiourt hhuuU'rHi Hin verhal dexterity would not 
 need to he eniphiyed for the (U'fuiu'e of i^Iariu^ i-rrois, 
 into which IiIh wiwUnn couhl never betray hint. Shoulil 
 you feel curiouH hh to the result of tliiw advice, it may In- 
 added tluit the Huhject ^)f it attained a ])OHitiou aikove, 
 mediocrity altliougli not one of eminence an a i)ulilic. 
 Hoeakerj while in Home other Tes|M'ctft he ranked anion^'st 
 tlie moHt ditttinguiHlu'd men of hiH age. 
 v„ Witkout, however, enhirging upon this somewhat niu- 
 gidar althougli not unshrewd suggestion, it mav 1)e said 
 that very rarely does it ha])pen that )>y one bold, extra- 
 (•nlinary effort the inexperienced beginner e^tablishcK 
 his reputation as a <lebater. He may make the attem))t, 
 but the clMuu'es are ten to one that he achieves a huccchs- 
 ful Itiiliire, which very o(t.*n means a total abandonment 
 of the task. This should not be, and- will not if he but 
 remember that iiis imprudence may have led him to 
 undertake something above his strength^ — that his ambi- 
 ti«m niay have warped his better judgment; in which 
 event the trial should at least have this advtuitagc 
 —that it disco vera to hiniself his own deficiencies ; and 
 
 ' this discovery alone is a very great acquisition. Ridicule 
 may attend reckless and impnulent although arduous 
 
 efforts; frequent failure may discourage; let him not 
 forget, however, that a taste for his subject, an €'ager de-. 
 ^ ^ire to excel, and a habit of i)atient, plcKlding industry 
 
 / \vill often more than supply the place of many deticieii- 
 
 / ties, and must in time ensure success. But lie should 
 guard against having ever so little depeudeuQC ou what 
 
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 Ii«' limy piirnHtly IwUi'Vf to U» IiIm own k*'!"'"^ nnuiii- 
 Wriuii tlu; iwllviw! of Sir JoHhua HoyiioUlM t<» thr Htiuhiit."* 
 (.f a Hwtor uilt, tlmt— " if ono Iuih Kront ubilitioH, iinluHtry 
 '•will iiii|m>ve tlu'iii, if hv Iuih but iiuMlrmUwiliiiiUtw, 
 "imIuHtry will HUpply tln'ir tlftUieiuy. NotliiM^' iw <l<- 
 "ninl to y^^ll (lim'tW lulMuir: iiothiiiK iff-to Ih' p"'}*'*' 
 " without it." OlwUich'M lir iiiUKt exiu'ct, aiiul hoiiu' wliiill 
 ap|M'iir iiiHuniiountjiM*' / nmy now luul ajj»i" ]»n'K<'nt 
 tluMiiHi'lvi'H ; Wut h't not IiIh liVurt lorn* rouru^'f, but bi- of 
 PmmI cluMT. Ak prtHHing <Iou<Im tlrift iutohh tin* biiglit^'Ht 
 horizon, wi the horizon which boun<lH liiw i>roH|HTt may 
 not alwayrt be cb-ur ami Ht«irnc. HarHh, unjunt or intnn- 
 IK'iiilo (TiticiHni tluTc niUHt nvv*U be ; but U't him givt' 
 110 rt'in to (b'KiMrtMlt'my on that account, rtMncmbcring the 
 wohIh of the Oumwuti prii'HtcM to JEnpm-^ 
 
 Th ne cede malia^ Md contra nudentior ito. 
 
 ThirpoetH Byron an<l KoatH, who werccotomporariiH, 
 were each in turn u t4irget for spiteful reviewerH in the 
 curly (layH of their autliorHliip, but the ettVctH unon each 
 wch! vastly different. Although Byron's " fii-st Uash into 
 IKM'try" produced his " Hours of IdU^ness," some fmj,nnents 
 of which were written at the boyish a«e of fourteen, yet 
 the unfeeling Edinburgh critics gave both thetaand tln^ir 
 author a -merciless castigation. John Keats, too, who 
 possessed two of the highest (qualities of a i)oet, sensibility 
 uiid imagination, came under tlie rough hand of (i|ffoiHl 
 luid the Quarterly l{evietP,\m\\m beautiful " Endymi<m" 
 Het<lown as "cockney poetry," and himself denounced 
 us liopeb'ssly insane. While Byron's imriM)se never 
 wuvertMl from these " quibbles quick ami paper Imllets 
 of the l>rain," Keats' ambition received a dentil blow. 
 The tbrmer turned the keen weapons of liis satiric song 
 upon his assailants, and in liis "English Banls and 
 Scotch Ilevij^wers" ground them up " as tine as their own 
 outnieal ;" poor Keats, on the other liand, lost health as 
 well as heart, repined bitterly for a few years over his 
 literary misfortunes, and finally closed the chapter of his 
 life in a premature grave in a foreign land. 
 
 
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 It in ri<liit«'«l of tlu« youiiK»T Dlnnu'Ii 
 pit', liy tii«' way,- iti' tin* coiiiiiioii rt'iiiiiik ilml ;iii 
 onitor Im iiiiuI«> not iNiiii—tliiit liin timi<li'ii h|mt«-Ii un ih, 
 lliHir of the H(»iiM(' of ('oiiiiiioiiM wax iiii iittri' fiiiliin. 
 Uctiiniiii|{ lioiiif fitiiii 'thi' «lrlHit(v keenly niortitinl, In 
 <'oul<l not conceal \uA feelingM from a l>i-o(lier nit-iiilMi, 
 but yet renolutely n'mark*"*! — "The time will h.hiii 
 c;>me when they nhaU hear nu»." Yoti well know I In 
 gloriouri fulfilment which hi;* prophecv lvceive«l. 'I'Im 
 AM'ry name arena which hiul witnef«He<l Ium youthl'iil tli«- 
 i;onitUnre vw lonu hecanie the wene of hix cniwnin;,' iri- 
 unipliH, aiul he, tlie «leH{MMe<l (lesceiidant of an alien nicf, 
 won hirt way to the front nuik — the ackno\vlr(l;,M(| 
 leafier (»f a nroutl ami |M>werful party in the fii-nt tlelilicr- 
 ative aiHseninly in the wttrhl. Sheri«lan, too, is will 
 known in his tilvt extem|H>re effort .to have conn liu 
 Kliort of the expectationn formed of him. A fri«^ii<l ol 
 his', WiKMlfall^ remarket^ thin to hini and Haid--" I dtAi't 
 think thirt in in your line : you had hetter have stiuklo 
 your formed ]>urKuitH." The reply «>f the youn^^ lri!*ii 
 orator in n( )te Worthy,— " It in in nw" wiid he, ** ami 
 it Hhall come out of me." And "c<mie out oi" liini 
 it did. Hirt celehtJited speech on the fourth <m 
 " ne;.^um cliarfje" against Warren HaMtinj^'M fonns a I'lirl 
 and parcel of Hritish parliamentary history. For iouf 
 <lays he lu'ld an auditory that is now nirely sej'ti, miii- 
 l»letely entranced with ^lis consummate argument, Inil- 
 iiant wit and matchle„SH <leclamation. The llouse jmI- 
 joumed that it nii^dit n^onver its self-])osscssion, while Mr. 
 Hui;kv declar«Hl, "that no species of orattjry — no kind til' 
 "elo(|uence winch had heen hejinl in ancient or mothrii 
 " tiiin's — nothing which the acuteness of tin* har, liic 
 " dij^nity of the senate, or the nmrality of the pulpit 
 " coiihl furnish, was e<iual to what they had that dny 
 " lieanl in Westminster Hall." 
 
 This, theii, is 'the true spirit which shouM aniniiitc 
 eVery youthful aspiiant after literary or oratorical excel- 
 lence. Aj^ain and again should he he t«dd that luhntu' 
 is the only price of solid fame, and tluit whatever liis 
 
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 nhort or royul nmi to iMiotiiiiig v'WhvT ii viKon»UM nml 
 powerful wHl4T, or u roiuly, nkilful niul miuhm-wIiiI 
 
 wftVH Imply <'«»»'*t«"»t lulvutuM'UH'iit ; ho that \u' who 
 wo'iilil Hiu«i'«*«l iiiuMt iipply \\\n Htn-u^th wluTf thr n-al 
 ol»Hta«'h't4 li«', Io«f no tiiiu' hy liilHtakjii iiuhiHtiy, hut 
 Im'ihI IiIh j'litir*' im-rKi^'H to thf attaiiiiiu'iit of lh<w iMir- 
 tionH (»f hiK Miihj«rt which arc naHy vahiahh-, au«l ihf 
 llln^*tory of wliuli Ih h«'H»'t with thr >,'r«'atrKt ilitlhulty. 
 If ln' hi> a tlniMl, hatkwanl h«'^iiiiu'r, or in^hnl whi'tlit r 
 hr Im' thin or not, hv nhouM anion^' th<' Hi-xt qualituM < ul- 
 tivatf a juwt an«l manly oonti<lHi»»' In liiniHilf, or rathtr 
 in th«' offtutH of that iHTHcvrring in<luMtry whirh h«' Ih 
 nwilvHl t<» poHWHM. It natnrt' luw ^nvon him a tantJ' for 
 iiii* Huhjoit and ahl I ity to improve it, ]\v Mhouh! not, um 
 iM'forc HijoincHl, tvUihv the kindly aHHlntanrt' of tliat true 
 tirt which after all conMirtts in In'ing artkM. To thoMt- 
 wli(» have little t4iHte,an«l no talent or amhition to excel, 
 it Ih iH'rliajw uwleKH to lay down thin or any other 
 iiicthcHl ; while tliowe who have either, or hotli toj^'cther, 
 will fintl a nu'thiwl for tlu'niHelve«— a nietluMl dictat»Ml 
 t(» them hy their own particular diMjiositioiiK, and hy the 
 cxiMTience of theii* own particular ni'cenKitieB. 
 
 The abHolute importance of careful ]»re]>aration— <»f 
 coming into the arena iii Ai'Uxiv full of the ^it/j/erf— cannot 
 1k> too strongly urged. The hahit of " npeaking on the wpur 
 of the moment," a« it in tenne<l, has n certain amount of 
 reconimendaition, and the exanqde, of tht» prewnt hng- 
 lish Prime Minister has sometimes been cite<l aw giving 
 a high sanction to tl»e practice. Loi-d Derby's position 
 and experience, lioweyer, phic(^ liis omtory far beyontl 
 the pale of fair criteria. The noble Lortl may, and no 
 «l«fubt often does, make some of his best efforts after little 
 orno premeditation, but this w(m1<l rather seem to be 
 the result of his early tniining, for it is well known that 
 Wfore he attained his earhhnn, and was yet the daring 
 Stanh'v of the Commons, no orator of his time was nion* 
 Htudiea or painstaking in his treatment of all the lead- 
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 Itiit while iwlvUinKilitiKiiK*!^ in |in>|Mriitirm for «ti )>aii-, 
 1 iiiiiy ri'for iim (iric t'xampic of itH iwlvuiiUi^<> t«> the Ki^lit 
 lion. liolNTt Lowf— tin* laU'iit*'*! UhuUt of u UfW M'lwtolof 
 |N»tili(!innMf wlumn iuNpir^tion, it im Nii«l, |mH'c«'<iH fruin 
 the iiiytliico-iMilitlnil 'M'liVe of Adillhuii/' Mr. Luwr 
 iH 4'HH4<ntiully » full ih-luUtT, one who ronu'n chars^nj 
 Willi alnindunt infornitition on every qm^lion— ft niun 
 full of vital enei-gy iw wril liM (if j^reut thouf{htM uii<| 
 vuriouH rnulin>{. A few yearn «^?o he wjiM ti very in- 
 (litferent npeaker, hut he <piirkly «liKeeriie«l the toiicli- 
 Mtont; of NUcct'Mt, an<l han mm a eoniiiiandin^ |»oMitit)ii its 
 ono of the intwt ct'lehrate<l mimtillonen of the HnliKJi 
 Parliament. 
 
 " Speakinpf on the Hpur of the niotnent," therefore, iK 
 Mc-arcely to W conmienui'il, for it in very apt to «lej<eneriil«' 
 intj) careleHHni'HH and a contempt of that previoiw Htiuly 
 which in ho deHinihU^ and indeeil ho eHMential. Not to 
 j,'o furtlier than thu awter art of Poetry, it in a ivniurktd 
 fact tlwit what hoH there hvvu MOon «lone, Iuih heeu ;n 
 /Hoon forgotten. The Italian MetantaMio, who in hiw cur- 
 lier dnyrt wa« a celehmte<l Improvimtore^ or extempore 
 poet, waH once anked by a frientl if he di«l not think that 
 the cuHtoni of inventing; and reciting extempore, wliiih 
 he practiHed when a boy, might not b« conwidered as n 
 Imppy beginning of hinedncation. H« rejdietl that he 
 was convinced it wan a <lecide<l ilinadvantagj! and 
 injury to him. He had aciiuired by that habitaoair- 
 le.W«WB and incorrectnetw wnich it cost him much tnni- 
 ble to overcome, and to Hulmtitute 'in the place of it a 
 toUilly different habit, that of thinking with Helcctimi, 
 and of expreHHing himself with correcCness ami pn-iisidii. 
 
 IJut in whatever character he njjKV appear, whetiicr it 
 be UH an cHHayiHt, a rejwler, or to bear a part in the nioiv 
 exciting ncenes of t|u; del nite, there is never wanting to 
 every menilMa* the opportunity, however <lifferent inay 
 be tiie methodn, of nuiKing the very bcHt figure posj^ihlc. 
 That i>rinci pie d(!Hignated tM " ideal beauty" Uiay be ab 
 way H a guiding Ht^ir to each and all who would ftiin»t 
 eminence. There in not a profession or employment to 
 
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 whliU it limy not Ih5 wfi'mnl— it In a principle of nnivi>r- 
 Nil upplinition. Tlii! iNitnti>r iiiid thfl wnlplor Imvu Uh'U 
 tliH'ply inipriHHttl witit itn jNiwor, iukI Iiiivi*. in imitating 
 tin- priMliutioiiM of nutiirc, iinpiovf«l u|N»n tiM-ni by tln»»»«' 
 
 utill rxriU' tlif wojhl'n lulininitiou. It wu?* tlu* cMmiivp- 
 ttuli and tin' imi-Huit of thin Itlml Iwauty wliirli pnHhuHl 
 all ilic womWrtt of (} rcc Ian ai tint ir ciuuiluu— the niar- 
 VflloUM iNiiiitin^of Api'lU'HiiM well an tlit* all Imt l>rcatli- 
 iiiK maii)l«; wrought I »y tlnMliiwl of Phiilian. ('ia«n»aj»- 
 pliwl it t«» »'l«Miu«?nci% It ap|M'arM to have Iwi ii the Mtiuly 
 of hU whoU' liio t<» form an uhal of a jurfi'it orator ; ami 
 ill u Niii^'h) trcatJMe h«^ han concent mttnl (Ik; rcHnIt of nil 
 liirt olwervation, i-xiu'ricnt-e ami ri'lliHlion. It in tin* 
 i«loli/Hl iniiiK*' in hlV» niiiul of a Hpoaki'r ; what a Hpcukfr 
 MhouKl 1h'; what no M|inik4'r t'V«r will Iw; Imt what 
 every KiK-akcr nluiuld «U'vot«; the hihouiM of his life to 
 apmoxiniati' to. Beantifully luw it iM-en irniark»Ml that— 
 '•liiirt inlh'xihle, nnreinittiiij^ pni-Hiiit of ideal ami niiat- 
 "tuiimhle exr.elU'nce in the Monre.e of all the real ejdeel* 
 "h'lu'e whieh the W(»rhl has ever Heen. It in the ftuiiUa- 
 "tioii of everything great an«l goinl of whieh man/ can 
 •'hoartt; It irt the hanirt oli which onr liigheHt ami immt 
 ''•iiduring hopen rent; it i» the Honrce of all thoK«'(gen- 
 "tier inHuen»!eH which contronl and huIhIiu* onr race ; 
 "it iw tin' root »>f all that in konent and Hterling and true 
 "in niomlrt and in taHte." 
 
 Ho much hiiH heen Haid (d' thiH one ohject of t)ur Ahmo- 
 ciation, that little can he adde<l an to the remaining two. 
 hi leganl to Engli.di reading, I wouhl here Himply urg*' 
 upon every nuinher the prewning necefwity for a chmer 
 attention to and increiiMed }>mctice in what hart liitlu'Ho 
 Ih'cii a much neglected Htudy aniongwt uh, an<l orte that 
 must he ranked amongHt the most hecoming aicompIiKh- 
 meutft of every scludar. Ah to the culture of Knglinh 
 coinpoHition, It can only he nafely based uikhi a nludy 
 and miitatiun of the <dden nuMlels which none can affect 
 to <le«pi8e. For with all their accumte nhiloHojdiy, 
 modems will ever have to yield a respectful honnige to 
 the ancients for elegant compoyitioji. 
 
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 Alt l)i<*<w puri*ttHis nifirotivpib whk'h I luiv<> U-vn 
 ivfi'rrtHK !•»♦ ttr«' prvm-iilwil H(t4L^tit lli«ir •»**»t "Hnii- 
 tlvM faniiK. Tin* Mum i»f <''»''i>^i«''».v »»vi'iilnif *I«h* m 
 
 / • •' KMinhKill.Mi U II-. a.iWfiil l-'lk 
 
 Ttir lM»rn»r, llif tlri'wl llwl •» tli«in,«lw«'lli«. 
 
 Th« iihnU'hI liltU' ilrtlH hi %\w wi^ii i»iwl UiiwIiUK IUhm 
 i;* wtnrrt'ly « r«'inlinU»r «f timl iium» |»n»ti'iitlon»» iliiU In 
 Mu' ifiitt fiiil, whillior.tlii^ " liUtU-Clu*' ii( MUhii«livn'* 1111.I 
 KiiMtt'r tImwM HJi nuAjfc Wfury, womlfrliiK «'y«'M ; initio t 
 l^ IIh' ol«l Hi'iMliii^Sm^i.u it»i4'lf ii*»H«H!ijittHl with llnw 
 viMioiiM wliitir ImuiiltHt ilio Oxftml Ikicht'li'r iih Ii»- 
 rliyiiitil of— . / 
 
 ' •• rm^f, im|K'r rvcrywlft-n*. ' 
 
 . AlMl nil <iiir tunrU tll'l Mlirliik ; , 
 - I'Mwr, |m|Hir •visfywIw'TO. / 
 
 r»|wr, ftii«l iMiiiii, niifl hik." 
 
 Ill im rm\mii t»lthi»r arts iU««w» fiiii(lim .eompul»«oi-y» likt- 
 thi! HuhjwtH nf fxuiiiiiiution. On llm (u»ntmry, tiny an 
 imruly ttinl Hitlri'ly vuluiitury, wliil« itcunwilli liuili 
 Im'iIucIa^hI tluit, ill iu» (»tlu'riWH4M'iutioiM»f u Himlliirrlmr 
 iut«'r, liiw tin* voluntftry ])riiul|>l«? Ih-vii cuni»«l out willi 
 HO iiiucii HutiHruitioii uimI ^uccchh. Our iiuiiilH'rH aw tin 
 ruliii« ImmIv, «»ii«l though ilmy K|ve nil »lui^ a«'f*ivii»T to 
 coiiMtitutiHl ttutliority, tlio;y an* life to mi un«l think ih 
 thijy will ill timir rxt^i-tioUH towunU m'lf-iiuiuovcimiil. 
 
 /I^oi'iticjillv MiMMikiBK, tlnrt'loiv, tim Society Im irimhUnui 
 (le.jarff, hilt monuivhicul tk fucUu The Kuiihiiicf «.f tli«' 
 
 \ Pivsiileiit ami ProtVHMorM of the l>VIh'^« n-MtniiiiM out 
 irfw^uty within propei* Im)Uii«Im ; thviif attemlaiice ut om 
 ])uhli5 lueetiiiKrt Klven a HtiiuuluH to our t'|l'ortH, whiif il 
 no loHM evinces a ntinuig ilewire for oUr hucochh. Lik*- i>ur 
 (l^Vll native land, We aw HUiTounded hy all the chuhiirt ul 
 i»elf-Kovernment ami iiideiH>ndeu«e, whiUt we enjoy 
 that l>eiiij(n pr^'tectbii and encouragement which uutlioi- 
 ity aiul i>atroiiage alone can he^^,ow. TIiuk have we 
 tlleHc elemeiitH in our luitlHt that Can cn«ite a Htron^tr 
 ttttachmeiit U\ our national UnivyTHity—lon^' may it l« 
 the pride ami honoured* this youn^ country !— and kimlK' 
 
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 I un^h* anient i>iilliu>*iiMiii for ttii* riilllvtttitui of n 
 .SMii*>ii(tl Lilfnitiin* lliitii chii Ih> nniiiinil liy imv olWr 
 iiH-uii'*. Ill flit iirfvmrM ill tlMMi> ** MiiiiiiiH'rM llint tih* 
 va (•> In*.** wIh'Ii lift* m MliiHiii^ |Hiiiil, liki' it h'^iMiii* Kiiir, 
 will In* mh'Ii Kliiiiim'Hii^ fur IniiU in tin* dUliitii f tlif 
 rniilliHtiMll of the IfxiVKIIMl'n (*iM.i.K«m laTKH.%iiv ANIi 
 )k«|K>iTirii'H4MiKTY will nHUllUtreilllolliiVet M'lf*ilii|NiMtt 
 
 yiertiotiis liixlt lioiN'N (iimI im lioiioiiml»1e itiiil>ition h*t 
 
 lilimrv iiiitl MiciitiHc e!n»«ll»'iue. It will n-vive Hiimiy 
 
 iN«'iiM>ii<'^ of our merry »tii<lciit iIiivm tttiU of iIiomi who 
 
 iIhii 
 
 " M«'iMk'«l our iilil ri»lli*K)' ifiiwnn** 
 
 m)iimi» pn^Hviiri' Iriit ii H|H>(iiil i-hiinii to our iiieetinKM, ninl 
 »li«>M> t'li«'riMh«*«l i'niii|HiuioiiKhi|> tillf«l n|> the itiauic cir* 
 • If nf iiMMH'iiitioiiH tliiU MurroiiiiilH u rolle^e life. It will 
 
 l>rill^' IhU'Ic the lloUI'M wllfU 
 
 "<Mi| flii'fit |m>|(i>«l utN>li llNi 
 
 _L _ I tjit ft tytH-J ti:k.t%kg± t ■^U'Xtitltl »%'1M# ** _ 
 
 ▼ fftT fttrtfti* * ttiftt* frifw|^Ttj{ |K*wW| 
 
 iin<1 will HU(0,'e«t uiuiiy kimllv tlutu^'htH of the, new 
 lrii>iiiUliip>< \\t' Imvf luaile uikI tli«- old riiiiiil>«lii|>M we 
 have niuiliihi'd at our |>ro|NW(N| Aiiiiuiil DiiiUfr ut tli«* 
 rliMf of (Ntiix^K-atiou Dtiy. H will )>rrlia|M aUo iruiiiitl 
 iH til the <ai-ly «liKheart«■uin^' Htiu^lrH (or cxiKtviHt* of 
 'the urailiiuic iifWH|Ni|icr* uluiut to Ih> |>ul>liHhi'<l umh-r 
 ■•III- Sorictv'H uUHpiccH, hut wliieh, let tirt hoiic, will thtu 
 Ik* iiii|iartiuu new lift* to itn f<Mter-uiother, ami he u per- 
 iiiaiMiil «'viu«'n('e of tlu* wiilruili^' haniH aii<l <*x|MUiHlve 
 j;iiiwth of thone |iriu('i|>icH which it in the aim of this 
 AMHuciatiou to couiltiut! au<l Mtren}{tlieii. hi thoHi> (layn, 
 tiicn, that are h<» fant drawing ou, when our lu'artn will 
 !«• with our uwiuorien in tin* hy-L'oue yearn of lift-'n hin- 
 tuiv whfu ucw faces will look <lowii ou thin <*liair 
 lillctl hy another- when " ohl iaiuiliar fa»*'H" will he 
 iiiirtMin^ Mir have he^'Uii to fade with time when the 
 koiiimIm of Htiaii^'e footfallH will echo aloii^' our halU and 
 ciirridoiM through which the TuiverHity history of iii^h 
 
 ' Till! ilcHitfii <ir )>i|ltliHlilii^ II iM-wkpa|N-r iiiiilt'r (lif H«>«-li;ly'H iiiiM|ilri>H 
 linM HiiM'i' In-4-ii aiiiiiiiloiifil, iiIUimiikIi. 1 IniMt, only tfiii|Ntninly, 
 
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 tmir II milury Iw* ••irwiintd— Ih* mmm t4 i\w M Hi». 
 I'lrlv will W hriMwIit fonlWv tii mlml, m*\ rw ««rt« li of u* 
 luptdt mwU ovir hi* • !i|»»ri«iu«' »»y Uh- iii»rniiiK Ijulil "Hf 
 voiilh. Im' will m^ of liU A-nn* lnlUm irf Uwliiy iv» •H«l ilu' 
 
 Wrt* m*!.- >•!• wr.l4»«t wlw y*»«rwii, 
 Til*- MMMiurt h iiiAjr f<>«wt IIm» ••r»»wii 
 
 Ttwl ••!• »•'■ '•♦'•'' •" '•*"»' •••*'' *'^'"' ' 
 
 T!!*- iiMilhrr Miny ^•ru«•l Hm- «••"'> 
 T»i«t •ihUm a» •wt'wlly <t» •••'«' hnw, 
 ttilt I'll wm«<iiil"'r lli«^. iJUiM'rtIrM, 
 Ami |4I ilMt tlMiii iMMi •lirttr ^ir in». 
 
 But I wouUl -iMiik to you of «»lii«'r tlmii iMW«'ful llr^^ 
 luul of tint Uiving aumKOiiliuiW wliU h iK^rtiirii to |HWMfiil 
 
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 Ill Kimrtw WM liiiv« mnni (Ivtrnuiiiy *oliviil»H«»l, lUitl ilii' 
 
 tlin>ii» of tlui huughty Htt|hil.urw liim-tottyriiiK wiOl iiIkIi 
 to II full. Hliort, uliiirp iiiMt 4wii»»iv« wiim thv Trtrn>(et«' m 
 tlioHi' micliMit iHittli- khmiimU amply »»iitHitl«iit t«»»(W.«'|» 
 nwuv iiiHiiv «'l«l li»ii«liiiarkK utul mtt iiuiov iipw oim-* om 
 tlu« Vvi-r* iiiiiigiii« i»"l» "f KunnH»-^ti> jwIviiihii wimi w 
 ilinir to tin* Inurt i»f «*v«ry truf (Uriiuin, tlu' unity «»r tin 
 unnit Fiith«'rliunl mnl to prov*- wluit in of HtHiiul iiil. r 
 !.Mt touii'iv t<»-iiij<l»t.tlmttluit luition whitli iiiult«'M tin 
 imwt nuail |»r.»«r«'HH in i\u' iiiIm of ihmicj! in ut tln| niiiu' 
 tiino iiuwt fully aovilopiiiK itn wurlik.- |m>wit. AUlioiitiU 
 by no uwMw t«» 1h« pliiml In tho nit«'K«>iy «»f tin* i\\U' lUtn, 
 Will- litiH to ft K^t'iit «'xt«'iit Ihmoiiu' a M«ii»'H <»f Hiiiiitirh- 
 una iih'ihuniml oiK'mti«mK, Puivly iiiilitury yry\mM 
 tiiHiHurt' of c(mrH4' iioiiu i\w Ibmh rtH|uiHit«'; hut it niuv 
 with twth l»o wiia tlmt tlu' nu-n- arillinK<a'«oiai.i>*, iumI 
 rvfii tiu! bmvt'iy utul »'nanmiHH' of a iH-opUsuiv no Imuk 
 vv thu piviM.nacmtinj<rt.ii«iat'rtttionH in ni^tionul KtivuKtl'- 
 Tlu! lutttr. of tlu'H»^ niUMt !»«• inh**rt'ntf in u iK-opIis tin- 
 foniu-r can Ik- uttainra l.y a Uw nioiAW «'ll'oit; l»iil u>* 
 wealth, w.it'iuv. and art iiiUMt iiH'vitahlj^lM- th«' Kh»wUi nl 
 Vt'HiH una K«'»»«'t''^*^'"»?' "" inilitaiy miown, l»mv«'n, 
 eintnt ducoroH mA elan iniitit avail litth- in invHfiii'i' of n 
 hiK'her intelligwico ami a ^un HhootiiiK' >*ix tiincH to om. 
 
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 Tm ^iniiIi of wAr ill foiitiii'iiirti with (lur i>wii fair 
 yoiiti^ cimiitry, m> Umn tlii* «lNNli^of lilitlii* iiiiliiMrv ntiil 
 cimtciiliiK^iitf mid irim'rly iitilbliHt hilo tliffiill hlt^mUigN 
 dfa long I'm nf |Mitrt% ii«iiin<lM jitrHiiulv oti otiri^ins- Itiit 
 I rttiimrt (IIkI mIkiII iiol (H^tiify wiili ikv hi^ltn(iiitttliii|{ 
 tUti* of **wiir/' wlint (t hmliiiK Itriiinji «t<it<Miiiiiii \wm 
 Atiiiigty Icntittl **ii fmil. wnntoit mmI iiiiiriirmiM itml.'* 
 It U fiKHigti fur iiis in wiiiMN* tiiitiilN an* i>vi*r pp^'iit llit* 
 rvi'tiU nl tlif iiii'iiKmiliU* Sivotiil of Jiiiu* iimt, to r«M<l tjmt 
 tiirv |>ri»iM> II i:i>iiinioii mirntw iiiitl i,nll forth it t'tiiiiiiioii 
 tyiii)Nittiy to& ilwp hy ht fur iiUiratie^— tluil tlwy 
 rtrilii' ft ehimX in th« hwirt i»f i»vi»ry tm» of iw only 
 to I'vokc II Ntntin ill which n hiirntwin^ »Mbliii>M Hti«t iiohu* 
 liriUi* art* Mlrmigt'ly liU'iitinl into niuMic m> nwrct iuhI vH 
 m) iiifliuu holy. "Thi'fw nn*," i»i«l lh« pn<iM>nt (liniiftd- 
 kir ift till" {•Itigliith ICxi'hH|uer, on onit oefimioii, ♦* mrc in* 
 ** utmictffi when tlif Nyiii|if(thv of u imtloti n|i|»r«i(iihiHi 
 *« thtf**' t fiult'r fi- Jj-t' lii ig* * whu^h mt- gfiM^mlly mi|»{M>i«f!(| 
 ^toW (ifciiHiir to till* iiiilivitliinl niul tu, Im^' thf Iuiimm 
 ** iirivitfuf of |)rivttti* Hli>, mitl thift in one." 'Tin* wIRut 
 oithi' VkUv Htjitc^iimii point tlu'ir own iiioml. Tlicw* 
 may hi* litth* ot the pmuii of hiMtory itivoMtin^ th(*Mt> 
 nii'iil otMiirn'tKU'ti, Tli«v iimy not toiuli iht- lunrt (»l iiii' 
 tioiw, in»»' iipjK'ttl to Ihi' (loiiMiitie MtnTinieiit of timnkimlH 
 yi't for tlio |HMii»l«« of our own Cmuula iii'vcf no nc»«r 
 atul tl«'«r in III tJiat tliiif of hor Hoh> iUnth'SH it should 
 
 MUltin' to ItllOW tllllt tllt^ ilftiollM iUul l-CHIlltH of thoNi* 
 
 l»ri«f two Huniiiior diivn littvij iul<l«'«l ii l»right, thougli not 
 mi<liiiiiiu'<l, |Migo to lu'r uiiiiuIm. Tlioy liuvo taiiglit m^ 
 our wi'Klcni'Hrt, hut riglit wril hnvv. tlicy xlmwn our 
 Htnnuth; tJH-y huvo provolcitl iiivi<tiouM criticJMni nn«l 
 iM'urt-lmriiinj^n iinioiiKMt oui-mi'Ivi'm, hut they Imve put to 
 till' opi'ii nhuiiu' tlioNcpotiticiilhigotMAtul tmrrow-niiiKU'il 
 uticlilnM for iiiipcrial I'conomy wholi«<l<l that tlu' idloiiiMtM 
 could not or would not fuco ii foo ji^ dtlWnc of tlioir 
 licurtlis an<l Iioiiich; tlioy have entailed inulual naari- 
 lict'M, hut they Jiavo knit the <dd Motherland nn«l lier 
 vouiiK' oIlMpring with honds of reciprocal atta<hnient and 
 Inking unity; tliev liave caused hitter tear driips to fall 
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 aioiiiul luuiv tlitvn one tiiv-siile, apd have t'lislirouiltMl m 
 Hifum-mil pall happy homes wlu'iice went out hi aw 
 spirits iii'ver more f» return; hntihp^ ^>^'i'^'^''!^}t' ' 
 the worhl the iiiagie, universal hrothvrhood ol the hnUAi 
 name-iu thjrt a hh.w which is dinUt at. auy portinir of 
 the farthest memhev is as keenly let at the heart ol 1 ic 
 nii.'htv empire— that a stroke winch falls upon the 
 nitSnestBritisliaependeiH'y fiends a i-esponsive shock to . 
 the foot of the Kritish throne itselt! 
 
 But these annals, vet unwritten, Avill make nuntioii 
 of something more than this. They will record tluj 
 storv of that j^allant little hand-hut twenty-thr*.val 
 toht-who, leaving their College honours^ far hehni.1 
 them; went lorth fi-om these neaceful halls otlearniiii^ to 
 meet the risks and dare the dangers of the hloody huttlc 
 lield— who, en* retuniing, wiw professor, and Ht^i<U'i«t, 
 tjnuluate and midergniduate, standms shcml(Wr to 
 shoulder in their depleted ranks, and who only iM vc 
 turn to twine a laurel and cypi^i^ss wreath lor the njw- 
 niade ^^raves of that trio who had so jioldy perishe.l in 
 the fr(?nt of the fight. To othei-s who l,ore a share in 
 the ill-tinjed action at Limestone Ridge, more pUasiiij; 
 recollections mayhap are awakened, hut to us here there 
 is and ever must l»e a direful fatality annexed to the bj^ 
 condof June, '66; f\>r on thatday, in the pndex.! heal h 
 and strength, hi the full Idush of promise, m the hrigl.t 
 dawn of what hetokeiied a useful manhood, Mewl>urn, 
 McKenzie and Tempest fell. Theirs mdeed was not the 
 fate of the strong man stricken down m his prime, 
 ■ neither his whose moral and intellectual nature the 
 se-hooling of a varied experience has matured, nor yet ot 
 liirii whose character has emerged purer and hetter from 
 
 the wild, "fitful fevei-" of erring youth; hut rather 
 the fate of ones who have been cut off in the flower ol 
 Dhvsical vigour, whose hloom has been mantled like 
 ~ tliat which the e^rlv frost sheds over the haiignig pUmj 
 of the ganlen, and whose singular simplicity ot inmd 
 and liSart would appear rather to have invitea 
 the cruel shaft which s.i relentlessly laid them I>a\. 
 
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INAlMJfUAI- ADDtlKSS. 
 
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 Truly tlu'iviu<'int»rit*H lUM-d no pnioKyiii'; tluir liven 
 aiul actic.iiH need no ('iilo^'inni, tor tlu'V arc an i-ulo-iuni 
 in thenisclves; their <U'atlis would almost sccui to i>laf»» 
 the seal ot siaered siliMU'e on our lip^^, and arc tln-ir nu.st 
 enduring epitapliH. By uh all were they t'stcenved, t^vcn 
 loved; never ]>erlia[w Would we have knimn and h*lt 
 their real wortli Juid not their " itaine«l lod^ste|)s"_ so 
 trosned "the l.urning niarle" into- the great hereafter 
 which awaits us all. Let us devoutly trust and l.elieve 
 that, although in an hour of outward strife when kindled 
 resentment burned liigh, yet theirs was a life s end of 
 inward peace; and that as the night of chilling tleath 
 closed in upoii theln, the dawn, which was even then 
 near its hreaking, Init precederl "a cloudless eve in a 
 Ki^dess worid" l^ond. ■ ; _ . , 
 
 To pt*r]ietuatu tlunr nrtmes in our midst it will not i)e 
 necessarv to turn to the records t)f our Society— once 
 theirs also— to that tritting tribute to their worth in 
 their connection with this AssiKiation, wherein they 
 ilayed well their parts as earnest, active, faithful mem- 
 bei"^; neither shall" we recpiire to point to that 
 Manorial Window,, ere long to T)e ];»laced in the great 
 Hall,* where thev won those hononrs and achieve<l those . 
 triumphs as soils ' of Alma Muter which she will thero 
 seek to eoniineniorate ; nor yet to that marl»le inonunient 
 80on to be reared on yonder hill, amid once familiar 
 scenes, and within the very shadow of their parent Uiii- 
 versttv, and wlieteon w^iil be inscribed the words of a 
 grateful nation's i)raise;^none need do this, for the very 
 winds >vhich whisper over tlieir last, low resting places, 
 will carry far and wide the tale of their high-l)om cour- 
 age, their dauntless devotion, and their heroic death. 
 
 But let us hope that war for one year at least has seen 
 its worst, and that Peace, smiling, sunny and sweet, w'lll 
 soon bid the joyous Christmas Ixdls to "ring out the 
 thousand wars of old, ring in the thousand years of 
 
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 (it the University and College Convoeation. h.l<l l«Uh November, 180<>. 
 
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 I^'AU(1L•KAL ADDRBSS. 
 
 peac«%"fer th«^ fumiineht af oM Merlin's prophtH-Y; Mu] 
 the aUvHit of Kin^ Artluir, who/dyiiig, said— 
 
 ■ '..■ V'l oonift iigain 
 
 With all grtorl thiujjs, «ii<l Avar shall be no more." 
 
 Then and not till then can we look forward fortius 
 realization of that happy time— 
 
 "When the war-chum throlw no longer, 'luul the kittlo^ftMg- iiiv 
 
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 In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the \vorM; 
 
 When the cunimon sense, of most shall hold a fretful realnrni aw. . 
 
 ^ And tlie kindly earth shall slumber, lapt in universal bw. 
 
 Bnt I would not, Gentlemen, trespass upon the pri vi- 
 leces of this Chair. Our Society has a dignified, aii Im- 
 noiirable and a patriotic ol>ject hefore it ; the field is wid. , 
 and ready for the harvest; the lahourers aire by no means 
 few; and although much of that knowledge, contingent 
 upon a hundred advantages, never as yet Inouglit witliin 
 our reach, and which alone can truly appreciate or en- 
 courage our exertions, has yet to he ac<iuired, let us not 
 douU that it will gain ground with mpidity, and receivt; 
 new impulses and rewards from every endeavour we , 
 make to advance the objects of our establislmunl. 
 The talent and the energy which can overcome disinl- 
 Vantages and make increased progress, can unquestion- 
 ably be lookwV for as confidently iii our own body as in 
 iiny other of a similar character. With harmony an;l 
 mutual respect among ourselves; with a liberal dispose 
 tion to encourage iii our midst whatever may be pi <>'- 
 perly countenanced, and as individuals, to listc^n to what- 
 ever has a just ciaini upon our attention, we shall so. 
 the UNIVERSITY College Literary and .Scientifk 
 Society more respected because more useful every year, 
 and have the satisfaction of witnessing our Association 
 grow with the growth and stren^hen with the strength 
 of {J Gountrv, the protfress of which in eveiT element ol 
 material pix)speritv will Ijear comparison fayoumbly with 
 that of anv other "in the world; ;a country that will, eiv 
 many months have passed away, have been merged into 
 a great nationality, which, governed in the well -tin <! 
 
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 wayf< of tlip^Biitisli Coiistitution, plmll yet ]je tlid prith' 
 ami glory of tliis new Avorld. In the pronpa^t ot tliis 
 luiKlit i4iture — \n the ('onti<h;iit hope of tlu« ),'loi'io\is 
 consiirfiination 6f Htatesiuanlr wisdom and skill — how 
 timely are the «tiiTin}» lines of " lart; Tom Hood":-T- 
 
 " With tlio gootloir our country before u», 
 . Why play the mere j»a,rtisjin'8 game ? . . ' . 
 Jjo! the broad flag of England is o'er us, '. ' 
 And behold, on both sides 'tis the Hame ! 
 
 "Not for this, not for that, not for any, 
 Not for these, not for those, but for all— 
 ~--r - , To the last drop of blood, thb last penny, ' -■ ^ ^ - ~ 
 ' : Together let's stand, or let's fall ! _ 
 
 "Tear down the vile signs of a fraction, ' 
 
 J[|# the national banner unfurled, --r 
 
 Alid if we jnust have any faction,^ 
 
 Beit 'Britain against ail the world.*" * / 
 
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