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are to be sent to the University, is the great and paramount 
desideratum. 
It would then no longer be said that the study of the mate¬ 
rial world is too much neglected. 
On this neutral ground all men can meet with freedom, with 
faith, hope and charity, and in meek dependence on the Giver 
of all Good. 
Here conscientious differences do not interfere, nor meddle 
with the religious views of individuals. 
Here no political jealousies, feelings, or aspirations should 
divide man from his fellow man. 
Let it be sacred as one homage, at least, in which all men 
can join before the great Creator, and let it blossom with the 
fragrance of perpetual youth, calm and majestic, certain and 
sure as the rising and setting sun, deep in its influence on the 
human heart, and bright and pure as those stars that silently 
appear in view as the great luminary disappears, and are 
known to us only by the light which they emit in traveling 
through that infinity of space and distance', which the human 
mind cannot grasp. 
Viewing man in all his relations, in a state where freedom 
of conscience is secured in religion, where education is the 
birth-right of youth, and where the star of liberty shines 
equally on all its citizens, what would be a deed of greater 
moral grandeur than to throw open the door of Science to all 
its population, to read the alphabet of nature—of the material 
■world, in addition to the alphabet of words, and the founda¬ 
tions of Literature and Justice, History, Philosophy and Taste. 
Then indeed would the masses feel that their education was 
identified with that of the rich and opulent, the earth would 
bring forth her fruits to every family—abundance would be 
increased — suffering diminished — life would be prolonged — 
every thing would be better understood—existence less hurried 
—and the knowledge of the power, the wisdom and the benevo¬ 
lence of the Creator be increased among men, with the in¬ 
creased manifestations of His works. 
