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dition and character of our literary institutions.
from such as these, that the world's great men have sprung. It
is from the deep, granite foundations of society that the materials
are gathered to rear a superstructure of massive grandeur and
enduring strength. The God of nature has scattered broadcast
over all our land and our mountain heights, in our secluded
valleys, and in many a forest home, the choicest elements of
genius; invaluable means of intellectual wealth, the noblest
treasures of the State.'

"The hour has struck, and the Matthew T. Scott, Jr., Collegiate Institute enters now upon its sacred mission.

"May we not believe that here will be realized in full fruition the fond hopes of those who have given it being? that as the years come and go, there will pass out from its walls hose who by diligent application are fitted for the responsible ties that await them in life, well equipped, it may be, to quit themselves with honor, in the high places of school, of church, or of State?"

were given, to kindred and friends, his memory will ever be a precious heritage. Truly,

"The just

Keeps something of his glory, in his dust.'

"I know of no words more fitting with which to close this poor tribute to the man I honored and loved, than those of Dr. Craig in his beautiful eulogy upon the Rev. Dr. Lewis W. Green, father of Mrs. Julia G. Scott, the noble and gifted woman whose generosity has made possible the founding of the Institution we now dedicate:

666 'Society at large felt the impress of his noble character, his polished breeding, and his widespread beneficence. His determination to excel, and that by means of faithful diligence and laborious application, should arouse our young men to like fidelity to their increasing opportunities. He was the most unselfish of men, the most affectionate of friends, the humblest of Christians. He owed much to the soil from which he sprung. repaid that much, and with large interest.'

He

"The Institution we now dedicate is just upon the threshold of what we trust will prove an abundantly useful and honorable career. And while we may not 'look into the seeds of time and say which grain will grow and which will not,' yet we may well believe that under judicious management, already assured, this will prove a potent agency in the great work of education.

"In this connection the words of a former President of Transylvania University, and of Centre College, Dr. Green, possess to-day as deep significance as when uttered almost a half-century ago:

"But it may be truly said, that no domestic instruction, however wise, no political institution, however free, no social organization, however perfect, no discoveries of science, however rapid or sublime, no activity of the press-pouring forth with prolific abundance its multitudinous publications- no accumuÎation of ancient learning in stately libraries, no one, nor all of these together, can supersede the education of the school; nay, all of them derive their noblest elements and highest life from the instruction of the living teacher. The intelligence of families, the wisdom of Governments, the freedom of nations, the progress of science itself, and of all our useful arts, is measured by the con