Address Delivered at Haverford College, Before the Alumni Association

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Excerpt from Address Delivered at Haverford College, Before the Alumni Association: At Their Annual Meeting, October 24, 1868 It is now just thirty-one years since the Class of which it was my lot to be a member was graduated from yonder now time-honored walls. The first thought which arises in the minds of all of us - old Haverford scholars - when we revisit these academic shades, has reference to the changes wrought by Time since we were students here. It would be natural that I should speak to you of the changes in the Institution itself, in my contemporaries here, in our beloved country, in the world. But these themes have been so often and so well treated by those who have preceded me at these yearly gatherings of the Alumni, that I shall not touch upon them, but shall ask your attention for a brief period to changes of another kind, and such as are, perhaps, not unsuitable for discussion by those whose privilege it is to have enjoyed a liberal education. I speak of the remarkable advance in human knowledge which has taken place since we bade adieu to Alma Mater. Time would not permit (even if I had the ability) to take up the various sciences in order and to recall the progress which has been made in each since 1387. The points rather to which I shall invite your attention are the general tendency of modern science, and the analogy which exists between the history of the universe as thereby disclosed, and that of literature - the one being the expression of the thought of the Creator, and the other that of His creature. Man. If it shall appear that there is any resemblance between the two, it will but add one more to the analogies and the harmonies which pervade Creation. 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.