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tics, Patriotism ; the Arts, usefulness ; and Literature, 

 truth 1 



Gentlemen, your lot and destiny, as I have said, 

 may be important in the development of the scene. 

 Be ready then to do all, and suffer all, in the cause of 

 virtue and mind. Be superior to poverty, to pride, to 

 indolence. Learn to love labor, it brings the bread 

 that is eaten w^ithout dependence. Encounter ridicule 

 with fortitude ; it schools true courage, and teaches 

 patience. Shrink not from slanders and evil tongues ; 

 they are the lot of merit, and the test of truth. 



Gentlemen, I take leave of you in the language of 

 Socrates to his disciples — It is time that we should 

 part — We to die — You to live. 



