Excerpt from Address Before the Literary Societies of University of North Carolina You come, not to hear me, but the annual proclamation that the young men of another class, full of hope and prom ise of future usefulness and honors, have been armed with the helmet of knowledge, the shield of morality, the spear of incisive thought and the glistening and untarnished sword of honor, ready to enlist in the army of the world's workers. The sight of these scenes, the first time since graduation, is one of mixed sadness and pleasure; the commingling of the things of the past and present and the thoughts of the dead and living; so many of the professors, students and villagers whom I knew so well and regarded so highly have been translated to the Temple not made with hands, yet how charming to meet, after long separation, the living friends of one's youth, to stroll over this lovely campus under its majestic oaks, and through the buildings, libraries and balls, once the home of your youth, awakening most delightful reminiscences of that ever hopeful age. I truly envy those whose precious privilege it is to make an annual pilgrimage to the shrine of their alma mater. Where they can quaff the refreshing nectar of the fountain of youth; where they can breathe the pure scholastic air, and thus clarify the moral and political malaria so often sur rounding us in the concrete thoughts of practical life where they can renew their devotion in all its freshness to litera ture for its own pure sake, which is in constant danger of being killed by the spirit of the world, or smothered in the stifling atmosphere of an exclusively business life. They go hence stronger and better men. It is not time lost. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.