The Inaugural Address of the Rev. Gilbert Morgan
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Excerpt from The Inaugural Address of the Rev. Gilbert Morgan: President of the Western University of Pennsylvania An oath to the Searcher of Hearts, administered by the guardian, of the Commonwealth, adds fear to this solemnity. This anticipation of the eternal results, summons the conscience to trace the bearings of this office. They cannot be limited to Pupils to the City, or State. The history of Pennsylvania, the history of our country is the record of but few individuals. It is three centuries since a smaller city than Pittsburgh, secluded among the Alps, on less ambitious waters, received a stranger seeking the retirement of learning. He furnished the model for European and American Colleges. The principles which preserve the State free,- and the Church pure, the one dissevered from the other, leaving each to govern and reform, themselves, first took their visible forms in the Academy of Geneva. That Academy, with its distinguished head, gave the reformation and civil freedom to Holland, to Scotland; to England, - the best elements of reform; to France, - a bright morning, darkened by martyrdom and exile. But the cloud, which poured its rebuke on Europe, was the pillar of fire to the American Israel. The Moses´ and Hurs, the Aarons and Joshuas, who led forth the colonies were educated in that school of Faith and Freedom. As in her own halls was educated Milton, strong in human rights; so Locke and Sidney. The Village Hampdens, who with dauntless breasts, the little tyrants of their field withstood, fled to these Hesperian shores, bearing in their bosoms the writings emanating from that school - writings which formed the minds of our colonial and revolutionary statesmen. The constitution was so striking a reproduction of what the pupils from that school had been familiar with, that in Europe and America they pronounced the safeguards, the responsibilities, and self-preserving power of the constitution, the very principles of the reformation. 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.
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