Discourse (Classic Reprint): Delivered Before the Graduating Class of the College of Charleston, at Their Request, in the College Chapel, February 23d, 1851 - Tapa blanda
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Discourse: Delivered Before the Graduating Class of the College of Charleston, at Their Request, in the College Chapel, February 23d, 1851 offers a thoughtful, faith‑based meditation on duty, truth, and education. This 19th‑century address invites readers to weigh character, learning, and the use of gifts in light of Christian values.
The book frames a call to integrity in public life, urging readers to pursue truth with independent judgment and to avoid narrow sectarian thinking. It blends reflections on historical figures, the dangers of vanity, and the lifelong pursuit of knowledge with a clear emphasis on practical duty. The tone remains measured and aspirational, focusing on how conviction and conscience guide action in daily life and public service.
What you’ll experience
- A discussion of truth, duty, and the dangers of excessive partisanship
- Guidance on modesty, lifelong learning, and personal growth
- Thoughtful cautions about fame, talent, and the moral uses of intellect
- A historical perspective on how education shapes character and communities
Ideal for readers of historical sermons, moral philosophy, and 19th‑century public addresses who seek thoughtful reflections on virtue, learning, and the responsibilities of graduates.
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Excerpt from Discourse: Delivered Before the Graduating Class of the College of Charleston, at Their Request, in the College Chapel, February 23d, 1851
If the soul feels that it must labor only for fame-that it has powers to achieve it - and that fame is the end, and Object, and goal of its toil - that object it may attain but it will accomplish no great work which Humanity will revere and cherish as a glory and benefit to the race. The fame thus obtained will be only an homage to the powers of the individual man. But when the individual is identified with the great work which is to be an eternal glory and benefit to Humanity, in that work will he find the satisfaction of his soul and its aspirations; and immortal fame and renown will be accorded him by his race, whether he has consciously labored for them or not - a fame and renown which the race will jealously cherish as a part of its own glory.
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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.
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Excerpt from Discourse: Delivered Before the Graduating Class of the College of Charleston, at Their Request, in the College Chapel, February 23d, 1851
This period, gentlemen, when the associations of the past, and the anticipations for the future, are so intimately blended, is naturally one of great importance to you, and of deep interest to us. The relations, but we trust not the ties, which have connected us, are henceforth to be altered. Life opens before you with new reality and importance; and we can not but watch your future career with lively interest and sympathy, in the hope that the bonds of mutual respect and friendship will become strengthened by the hand of Time, which can only touch with decay what is earthly and ignoble. You are about to enter a new sphere of responsibilities and duties, in which every act will leave a deeper impress upon character, and station - upon the immortal soul and the eternal record. At such a time, amidst the attractive topics which might, perhaps, be not inappropriately selected as the theme of present discourse, we cannot hesitate directing our attention to what may seem to be the homely and obvious, but nevertheless, everlasting principles, upon which alone a truly noble eminence can be founded, and which can alone support us unfaulteringly in adversity, moderate us in prosperity, guide us in difficulty, nerve us in danger, ennoble us amidst desertion, calumny, and neglect, and elevate us, even amidst the pangs of dissolution, above Earth, and Time, and Death.
It is a wise and beneficent arrangement of Providence, that the stern trials of life, while seen in the distance, are gilded to the eye of youth with the brightness of hope, and crowned with the diadem of honorable success.
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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.
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