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of those defending our right to have the civilization 

 V7t want. At least that is the conviction in which I my- 

 self carry on. 



And who but Robert E. Lee could ever have written 

 these words: — 



The march of Providence is so slow, and our desires 

 so impatient, the work of progress is so immense, 

 and our means of aiding it so feeble, the life of human- 

 ity is so long, and that of the individual so brief, that 

 we often see only the ebb of the advancing wave, and 

 are thus discouraged. It is history that teaches us to 

 hope. 



I was greatly impressed as an undergraduate with a re- 

 mark I once heard Dean Shaler make. Someone asked him 

 why he bothered to go to chapel as regularly as he did. 

 The Dean replied, "I need a spiritual bath much more often 

 than I need one in the tub." This remark gave me great 

 comfort, inasmuch as long years ago I came to the con- 

 clusion that an enormous amount of time was wasted 

 washing ourselves when there was absolutely no occasion 

 or need to do so. As for the chapel, I must confess that 

 my attendance there was not very regular. 



With later years, however, I have discovered that when 

 I am low in mind I derive great refreshment of spirit and 

 a real lift from good ecclesiastical music. I prefer the Gre- 

 gorian music and the plainsong of the Roman Church. I 

 started out as a Presbyterian, however, because my father 

 was one, but long years ago I lost interest in the Pres- 

 byterian form of worship and went to the Episcopal 



