Identifier: citizensofmerrim00biog (find matches)
Title: Biographical review ... containing life sketches of leading citizens of Merrimack and Sullivan counties, New Hampshire
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Biographical Review Publishing Company, Boston, pub
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Publisher: Boston : Biographical review publishing company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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d is father tothe man ; and Milton said that childhoodshows the man as morning shows the day.E.xperience proves that they knew whereof theyspoke; and, as we hope for true men and noblewomen in the future, so we build for themto-day, and this beautiful structure, unique inits design, elegant in all its appointments,shall stand for learning and culture, for dis-cipline of life and worth of character, in thosewho are trained within it. How well the ar-chitect has made it represent the thought forwhich it stands! Varied and diversified in itsmaterial, it shall give its privileges to all.No sectarianism here, no party divisions in itsfavors, no distinction in those to whom itsbenefits are given ; but it is free to all, a grandrepresentative of the common-school system ofwhich it forms a part. Other men have builtacademies, colleges, halls, and libraries almostwithout number; and we honor their deeds andtheir memories. The donors of this buiUlinghave built better than they because they have
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lUOCRAllllCAL REVIEW 12J Iniill fur the chililrcn, fi)r the CDinniDii scIkiuI,the fouiulation of uur ccliicalional system. I believe this to be the first instancewhere a house of such rare beauty and ele-gance has been devoted to the elementaryschools of the country, a house that has noe()ual anion<;- the district-school buildings ofthe land. Standing here in tliis representative com-munity of the State, this house is also dedicatedto the future stability of the Commonwealth.Carved from the granite of her hills, it shallbe the sujiport of her honor and the guardianof her virtue and patriotism by means of itsinfluence upon her citizenship, for, The riches of the ComnionwealthAre free, strong minds and hearts of health ;And more to her than gold and gainThe cunning hand and cidtured brain. )5ut more than this. Planted here in thislovely valley of a sovereign State of thenation, a part of a great system of educationthat reaches from ocean to ocean, from theGulf to the Great Lakes, thi

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