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becomes so great that, unless a higher power interpose, we 
fall to rise no more. Be, therefore, ever on your watch- 
tower, and guard against the first appearance of evil; check 
it, and all will be well. Remember— 
“ There is hope for all; though not for all 
To sail through sunny ripples to the end, 
Chatting of shipwrecks as pathetic tales. 
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All are not born 
To touch majestic eminence, and shine, 
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But, through transcendent mercy, all are born 
To enter on a nobler heritage 
Than these, if each but wills to rightly choose 
In serving Duty, man’s prerogative. 
Which is far pleasanter than paths of flowers, 
Than warmest clustering of household joys, 
And prouder than the proudest shouts of fame 
That follow actions not in conscience wrought.” 
To aim at attainments, and thus to enter upon the stern 
realities of life, will now be your duty. To advance not 
only yourself, but the profession you have chosen, your one 
object steadily to be kept in view, remembering that the 
one secures the other. Nor must you allow yourself to be 
a laggard, but for evermore be contented to do battle with 
those enemies that would rob you of the means you possess 
to acquire knowledge. In your investigations, instigated 
by a love of research, let truth be your guide; nor be 
daunted at seeming failures at the onset. Let the conclu¬ 
sions to which you may arrive be such as will bear exami¬ 
nation, lest proof be demanded of you; remembering that 
the true path of all philosophical inquiry leads up to Truth, 
from which it emanates. Lord Bacon has said, “ A little 
philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth of 
philosophy bringeth it back to religion." 
Again we say, avail yourself of the present opportunity 
to obtain information, for, of all fleeting things, it has been 
said, opportunity is swiftest in its flight. It rivals time, 
and may never recur. “ Seize the opportunity," was a 
motto suspended at the Roman feasts, and although applied 
by the Epicureans to luxurious indulgence and pleasure, let 
