Word: honorability
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...assured, my friends, that this day and its privilegas, so full of improvement, and the enjoyments of this hour so full of pleasure, will never be forgotten. And in parting from you now, let me express the earnest wish that Harvard alumni may always honor the venerable institution which has honored them, and that no man who forgets or neglects his duty, as a citizen, and to American citizenship, shall ever find his Alma Mater here. [Loud Applause...
...Alma Mater, gives rise to a feeling of regret, which the cordiality of your welcome and which your reassuring kindness can only temper. If the fact be recalled that but twelve out of twenty-one who occupied before me the chair which I now have the honor to fill, had the advantage of a collegiate education, a proof is presented of the democratic sense of our people and not an argument against the supreme value of the best and most liberal education in high public position. (Applause.) There is no reason why the walks of the most classical education should...
...myself or to the occasion, and I am more than conscious that there are distinguished guests here from other colleges and from other climes who have a right to be heard, and that I enjoyed my right fifty years ago. Let me only in taking my seat, give honor to my alma mater on this birthday of hers in the presence of all her assembled sons, my heartfelt hopes and wishes and prayers for her ever continued and increasing prosperity...
...Glory, Laud and Honor. Schumann...
...pressure from the outside. The Anniversary Choir, with its magnificent volume of sound, again took part in the service. The hymn "Machet die Thore Weit" opened the service, and the reading of Psalm 143 by Rev. F. G. Peabody was followed by the anthem, "All Glory, Laud and Honor." Then followed Arthur Foote's beautiful composition, "Into the Silent Land," which was composed especially for the occasion. This was sung by a graduate quartet consisting of Dr. S. W. Langmaid, '59, Geo. L. Osgood, '66, G. S. Lamson, '77, and A. M. Barnes, '71. At the close of the service...