Author: John SergeantPublisher:
ISBN: 9781332096961
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Excerpt from An Address, Delivered Before the Alumni Association of Nassau-Hall: On the Day of the Annual Commencement of the College, September 25, 1833 Brethren of the Alumni Association - The venerable Institution which this day receives the renewed expression of our affectionate duty and respect, is associated in our recollection with an interesting period in our lives. From the calm shade of the College, where he has been sheltered and nourished, the student goes forth into the world, and finds himself in a great measure left to his own guidance. The first moment is one of enjoyment. Freed from the restraints of discipline, his existence seems to be concentrated in the single sensation that now, he is his own master. This is the point to which his thoughts, his hopes and his wishes, have been long directed with eager anxiety - he has reached the horizon that has hitherto bounded his little world, leaving all beyond to be filled up with the creations of his youthful fancy. Very soon, however, if he be capable of considerate reflection, he perceives that he has only taken a new departure, and that the stage which is before him requires a still more vigorous exertion of manly resolution and manly strength. Nor does it admit of a pause. 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.