The New England magazine . rplans? Where can we wel-come the young men ofNew England who arecoming to this city in ever-increasing numbers, withhigh resolve and noblepurpose to begin their life-work, and who instinc-tively and of right turn tous for counsel and guid-ance; young men who areto take your places and inthe providence of God tofill them with equal honor,carrying forward the workwhich you must, of neces-sity, lay down? Wherecan we show to them that we approve of their New England training andspirit and recognize their claims of kinship andcommon ancestry? To one thing, at least, we h
The New England magazine . rplans? Where can we wel-come the young men ofNew England who arecoming to this city in ever-increasing numbers, withhigh resolve and noblepurpose to begin their life-work, and who instinc-tively and of right turn tous for counsel and guid-ance; young men who areto take your places and inthe providence of God tofill them with equal honor,carrying forward the workwhich you must, of neces-sity, lay down? Wherecan we show to them that we approve of their New England training andspirit and recognize their claims of kinship andcommon ancestry? To one thing, at least, we have been faithful:here in the fret and fever of an intense metropolitanlife we have annually met on Forefathers Day totake a grateful, reverent look backward, to keepalive our altar-fires, and to recall the virtues ofthose from whom we are descended. These occasions have been recognized as ofsuch importance that those of a different ancestryand of other climes have gladly joined us in com-memorative admiration and L. Horatio Bigelow, Director The Huguenot and theCavalier, in gentle andcourteous manner andspeech, have paid theirtribute to the enduringqualities of the the founding of thissociety to the present hour,New Englands most illus-trious sons — Webster,Choate, Emerson, Holmes,Bryant, Winthrop, Storrs,Evarts, Hoar — foremostmen of their age, havedeemed it a distinguishedhonor to be invited tospeak in this presence, andhere they have given mostgraceful utterance to theirmaturest thought. It was here that thebig-hearted Grady cameup from the New South, bringing its splendid mes-sage of reconciliation, of patriotism, and of peace;and here in the inspiring companionship of greatand lofty souls we have dwelt upon the mountain-tops, and, by their aid, for the hour at least, haveenjoyed the distant and larger view. If these celebrations have accomplished somuch, what might we not have done had wepossessed a home where our efforts and energiescould have
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