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better name, that any man or any people can have in this life. 
And I challenge any one who questions this theory to put the 
matter to any test he chooses to apply from the highest moral 
standards down to the lowest commercial ones.” 
“ ‘You may fairly ask what is to become of loyalty when the 
conditions make it impossible. One always has a remedy in his 
own hands; he can quit, and carry with him a gentleman’s self- 
respect, for without that there can be no loyalty worthy of the 
name.’ 
“ ‘Remember too that loyalty, like charity, begins at home. When 
can one see a finer sight than that of a family that stands com¬ 
pactly together, helping and encouraging one another within, 
and defending each other from without.’ 
“ ‘Loyalty is one of the big far-reaching virtues; it makes trust¬ 
worthy men and great men; as a national virtue it makes a peo¬ 
ple great. For if it is love that makes the world go round, it is 
loyalty that holds the world together.’ 
“In an address to the Stanford student body in September, 
1905, full of excellent counsel, I can but cite two illustrations, 
as pertinent to these times as to that in which he was speaking. 
“ ‘Whatever you may make your major subject, I want to 
commend to every one of you the daily use and cultivation of the 
English language. To that end speak the best English you can at 
all times. I would not have you a lot of affected prigs, but 
neither would I have you cultivate the conversational style of a 
Bowery tough.’ 
“In October, 1913, at a dinner given in San Francisco by the 
Stanford Alumni and friends in honor of the accession of Pro¬ 
fessor Branner to the Presidency of the University, it was my 
privilege to be the faculty representative speaker. In the course 
of my remarks I said: ‘Therefore I may safely omit on this oc¬ 
casion any attempt ^t personal characterization and simply remind 
you that twenty-two years of loyal, devoted, and distinguished 
service to Stanford University, a life-time of high ideals, of in¬ 
tegrity, and purity of life, of character without a cloud, entitle him 
to the loyal support of all Stanford men and women. You know 
him, we all know him, we know his strength and gentleness, his 
firmness and kindliness, his courage, his patience, his sincerity, 
his earnestness, and his genial humor.’ The years succeeding have 
