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to her sons? Think what it is to double the population, and the 

 intellectual and moral power, of a large portion of New Eng- 

 land. You know what her influence has been during the past, 

 and you can judge how much good those will accomplish, who 

 shall double that influence in the future. Learning, morality, 

 and religion, are indeed most deeply concerned in such a con- 

 summation as we are contemplating ; and therefore should all 

 hearts and hands unite in hastening it on. I know that you 

 will not prove recreant to the high trust committed to you by 

 Providence, and purchased by so many toils and sacrifices of 

 your fathers. I fancy, rather, that some of the young men 

 who hear me, now, before their sun of life shall set, will see 

 realized more than my prophecies to-day ; and smile to remem- 

 ber how feeble was my faith, and limited my anticipations. 

 Then, and not till then, when it shall be seen how mighty an 

 agency this Society has exerted to bring about such a consum- 

 mation, will the labors and sacrifices of those be duly appre- 

 ciated and honored, who have laid its foundations and carried 

 up its superstructure. 



