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 CLASSIC MEMENTO'Sa 
 
 IWy ir.eir.oiy recfllls the. day wl»«» 
 I first enlered Isew Haven, 
 Academician from Andover, 
 Te make Yale ray Alma mater— 
 Amiable was President Day, 
 His laiml's robe graceful any ^ay, 
 Olmsted, Kinssiy and Silhman, 
 With Goodrich and miud-v«er3 to J 
 Ending their ovdeal-pars-.ng 
 I gained the sought foi good blepssing— 
 And found ready friend in CrosweU, 
 In Trinity Church gospel-welh 
 Tkpse years had their happy fricn<Srt»p«, 
 Flowers that no time's frost yet aipi, . 
 As by Divine disponsatioa 
 1 had there my graduntion, 
 Also in *Trinit.> College , , ._ 
 
 Faculty and Fellows hare love • tilcdge. 
 Upon the banks of the Avon 
 1 had a prosperous bygone. 
 ]t is ennobling theme to teU 
 Qf those useful Prelates* Brownell 
 And Griswold, who not of the Mathtri 
 "Were ae good more soqaeat « mM"^"* 
 •Hwtford. 
 
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COLLF.GE, 
 FOURTH PAKT OF 
 THE >!l FELIX,- TEN PAKTS, 
 BY KEV. \V11>L1AM COOK, A. B. 
 AUTIIOU OF 
 THE EJCLEI V-TEN PAUTS, 
 TH E N ERI A— F OUR PARTS, 
 THE GUIDES-TEN IViRCS. 
 SALEM AUGUST 1S71 
 
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FORETHOUGHTS. 84 
 
 
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 Footsteps of my classic Ilfe-c0W8t} 
 
 In manner well taken lor verse, 
 
 Haloea of earth and lieaven bright arounc' 
 
 Still beautiful for thee abounU. 
 
 Home and its pleasures left to tread thee, 
 
 1 resolved a scholar to be — 
 
 Tim« destroys not intellect's joy, 
 
 Purest ttlieu in Gospel-employ. 
 
 Surely Jesus has on my course 
 
 In my heart had good discourse, 
 
 O'er dark, clouds laitU's lij>ht and music 
 
 Came when e'er 1 was sad or weak. 
 
 Thanks be to God that I have lived 
 
 To see his works, his word believed-— 
 
 Ho man can le«ra infinity. 
 
 Yet in it issecuiity. 
 
 Then Reader, would you be a Echoltr? 
 
 Gain,.right ideas with good ardor. 
 
 What you now imperfectly know 
 God harmoniously will show. 
 The christian scholar onward going, 
 His or her mission well knowing, 
 
 Gains prayer, strength and true friendf 
 
 "While to goodly themes the heart attendt, 
 
 Vo lazy or prayerless student, 
 
 But those moat ardently intent 
 
 Can gain glowing elloquence, 
 
 That Gospel-suasiva influence. 
 
 I thank all who pray God for ma, 
 
 Jtich blessings be theira eternally. 
 
 WILLIAM COOK. Augvut, 1171 
 
THE INDUCTIVE THEORY. 85 
 
 Revelation and induction are two of 
 the principal sources from which all knowl- 
 edge li derived. 
 
 While we admit the superiority of rev- 
 elation, in regard to the docrines made 
 known — it will not bu unint'Testing to 
 learn the professea an(] principles which 
 must be ob^erved befo:e indutMion can re- 
 Bult in the discovery eftiutli, the character- 
 istic of all pure knowledge. 
 
 As a neoessr<ry priiliniln.iny to the pro- 
 ress itself, it it. requi^it tl;at we Iiave sucit 
 confidence in the uvideru; of our senses, as 
 Tvill afford full conviction of the existence 
 pf mind and matter. Their re.ilify being 
 assnncd th^ numcrois facts which they 
 afford enable us to proceed in the protjresa 
 of discovoy beyond any fissinablo limits. 
 
 Instead of this child-like dipposition 
 to learn first principles, we find the «b- 
 cient nhilojophers laboring to acquire 
 knowledge which lies far beyond the 
 sphere of human observatioo. 
 
S6 THE INDUCTIVE THEORY. 
 
 They studied to find out first cauaei, ani 
 
 as they could not advance beyond mere hy- 
 pothesis, tbey distorted every thing ''into att 
 absurd connexion with their hypothetical 
 systems. 
 
 Three events occured io expose their foll/i 
 and give an impulse to discovery. 
 
 Cfaristianily firft softened the hearts, aacl 
 humbled the pride cf ihcac, who had been thus 
 ■wise in their conceits— when that had be- 
 conoe mingled with superetition and the 
 Grecian philosophy, tfie lU'formation r«- 
 Bioved these encumbrances— and then came 
 forth The Iniluttive TLeory of Bacon, wbicfa' 
 bas proved one of the greatest aids to the 
 study of nature. 
 
 It taught (he student to collect fscts from 
 every source, to classify them according to 
 their relations and propertie?, end thus to 
 l»ake tb-e c^iOfct valuable discoveries. 
 
 Air, earth and its inhabitance and produc- 
 tions, water and its ftmiilies were no longer 
 considered as objects^ incapable of yieWiiig 
 any new trophies to science. 
 
COMMENCEMENT-THEME. 87 
 
 But reason called into more frequent and 
 proper exerciic, su'igestcii the concluaion tkat 
 if combinations of matter, or associations of 
 thought liail, in nnv one inrfante, piod'Jced 
 or opened the way to new discoverits, others 
 and those more fxicngive might be made to 
 subserve the same juiriosc. 
 
 Thus did nu'iiiM-ho loved thtir God and 
 bellow crt'ututes, prattico, iir.d improve the In. 
 ductive philosofdiy. Tli.'y fk'jcoted no forrect 
 knowledj;e; lut united old ;u>d v:e\\ fstablished 
 principli'S with those more iccenfly discover- 
 ed, and th\is made thciii uli ?o I'lanj linkf 
 in the preat chain of scieiilitic investiptions. 
 So^roat -wiis the pr"r;r.'ii:< of discovery that 
 maiiy still retaiiurg thoir v'd superstition* 
 bacimie alarmed, and di'nour.rcd nil rxpcr- 
 itnentali^ts as the f nl ^ oi ters of fo\ ( n menta 
 and rcli'^ion. But this violent opposition eooa 
 ceased ° 'The valuable, truths hrought to light 
 proved th^U the philosopliers of the New 
 School were no enthuioast— hut men who 
 labored to improve to the highest degree 
 the physical, (he inteliectunl and moral pow- 
 ers of our nature- 
 
88 THE INDUCTIVE-THEORY. 
 
 To effect this noble purpose they beoam« 
 pupils in the Bchool of nature, and 8tudio<I 
 
 her jbt-notnina with atlention. 
 
 It was by thus expmenirg the order and 
 relations of thirifrs, that Newton was enabled 
 io ascend, by reiiiilar induction, from observ- 
 ing (he fall o( an apple to tiie discovery of tha 
 earth's attraction. FoUowiuor up thia idea, hs 
 unfolded ihe principle of universal gravita- 
 tion; dashed in piecos the visionary theories 
 of ancient astronomers, and placed on a surd 
 "basis the doctrine of Copfirnicus. 
 
 A spirit of inquiery tben awoke, jrafhering 
 strength in its progress, spread throughout all 
 Europe —Nor wns it confined to the shores 
 of the old world, but Franklin and Fultoi* 
 lijj'ited the. lamp ofscicnca on this ■westera 
 hemisphere, where but a century before thd 
 Indian had roamad in all the darkness of pa- 
 ganism. 
 
 ^ It 13 encora^ing to think tint the nation, 
 T»hich pi'olucad those great men. can fully 
 appreoii^e their leirnin^; — and that, though 
 by mere by-GTonescrol', education may not 
 here be carried to the extent to which it i» 
 urged ia the universities of Europe^the 
 
COMMENCEMENT-THEME. 8> 
 
 principles ot elementary knowledge and 
 of inductive science -i^e generally known. 
 
 Althougli the field over wlimh learning 
 has ah'eady been diiused is wide, its borders 
 emulousiy itierciisinj:, then 1S34 — 1 siiowed, 
 :n imaj:iiiHtion-j)ioU(res— now, IfciTl The 
 Frtcil'ic I.oiouiotive chirioDates to us the 
 pbilosophi r Hud the niissionary extending 
 those borders bt-yond the ^reat A'\ estern 
 Valley, and canying ingtruclion to those, 
 who, as ti»ey advauce in ivcaltli, knowledge 
 And fv^iigion v.iii rise nv, bltsftd lo bless. 
 
 Already have the loijiidatioiis bf en laid 
 of those halls oneari.ing, \vhiili viil leieaf- 
 ter afford to the biudetit a elai^fcii; retreat, 
 whero he ni.iy learn the iTinclpJes of t'ue 
 philosophy, and j)articipaty in th« pleasures 
 ot intellectual cultivalion, TIm' tui.h will be 
 a result o! well directed effort to eecure to 
 'iUii Western Slates the benefits of relijjion 
 and pure scieneo, is not only j robable, bat 
 laith waves the tide of benevolence, which 
 h flowiiig thitht-r to effect this noble purpose. 
 
 But the contemplation of this event so 
 agreeable to reli<»ion and patriotism lias led 
 us from our subject 
 
 Though the most splendid results of The 
 Indnctive Theory have been exhibited in 
 its application to physical science, others 
 equally beneficial? though less imposing, 
 
n THg INDUCTIVE THEORY, 
 
 might bo produced, by appljing its pnnci- 
 jiles to the discovery of moral truths. Not 
 that we can derive from it the power of illus- 
 trating mysteries known only to The Om- 
 niscient, or teach more of our nature and 
 destiny than may be learned from llevela- 
 tion and experience. But bounded as is 
 
 moral scieiice, il i* abundant for all practical 
 purposes —it presents facts for the most ex- 
 tensive inductions, inluctions capable of 
 affecting the debates of senators and tbg 
 counsels of kini^s. 
 
 It is this eztcnsivc application, which 
 imparts to the inducti\e pi iloscphy its 
 greatest value. Nee iing no ensiijiiia-forca 
 to ;,'ive it celel'iily, it reiommt-nds itself to 
 the good svnLiC and judgment of the world. 
 By the study of fact?, and by observing 
 the relation and properties ol things every 
 man may become to some decree a philos- 
 opher, and ascend from simplest to most 
 sublime truths. Thus Butler pursued his 
 intellectual course, iill he acquired that 
 power of correct moral reasoning, which 
 gave an irresistable force to his arguments. 
 la this manner may all the lovers of truth 
 
COMMENCEMENT-THEME. 91 
 
 conduct their inqurics till there remain no 
 particles of matter and no or but lew difE- 
 culries ja ethics lo which 'Ihe Inductive 
 Theory h;is r;0'. been succeKsCuily «pplied- 
 
 Unt shouKl ;uiy sii[ij)Osc that, because the 
 inductive j)lulosO|ihy is gt'ncrally cunfined, 
 in its aj)pii(Jitioii to facts, it must therefore 
 prove Udlavoiirablo to the cultivation of 
 poliic Lteratiirc ainl the 11110 arts — let aa 
 appeal b« mivl". 10 the hi.-itory of England 
 since- thodavs of New ion, nnd it will be 
 seen th it tlie fr;i 0/ licr hi<:hest refinement 
 in orator)' and elejzant writing — and of l:er 
 life-useful .advancement in the fine arts 
 couimenced soon adcr /lie discoveries made 
 by Ihkit {;rciit philosopher. 
 
 But though iiistory sp'caks thus favorably, 
 we would not maintain that The Inductive 
 Theory directly imparts or improves a ge- 
 nius for poetry, sculptuie or painting — 
 yet since it teaciies all to iinitale the artist 
 in his observation of natuic, it must also in 
 connexion with a claesical education, im- 
 part to society facts for as fine specimens 
 of painting or st-ituary as ever adorned 
 the Iloiuan Vatican. 
 
92 COMMENCEMENT-THEME.. 
 
 If founded in nature and the principled 
 of revelation it may also aid the poet in the 
 life-lirea of truth, and give immortality 
 to his works. The muse is called forth froai 
 the cavt'S o! banditii and tiora the battle- 
 field to scenes more worthy of immortal 
 song. I'll J poetic lament ot Heber over 
 the blind aess ot the heathen bowing down 
 to woo i Hn 1 stoie, an I appealing to souls 
 lighted with heawtnly wisdom — that Zion'a 
 lamp oflite should not be denied to them — ia 
 liow many ardent licarts has it kindled a 
 desire to plant Tlie Cro^s in pajjan lands? ! 
 Such is the inductive lite-field of poetry, 
 and it is only wh mi employed on kindreii 
 themes, that it is midi to subserve the high- 
 er purposes of our na'ure. 
 
 TliiJ principles of induitida th'irefore, 
 as they are applicable to the discovery of 
 ^j.Q'h_30 are they favorable to the highest 
 inte Ijctual and moral refinement and zeal. 
 
;<4frf!3»^v».'««**,^ 
 
A TACATION-RETURN. 
 
 Vacation, near Saturday-night, 
 Three Cla?siuales (bought it would btl^ht 
 To return to Yale by water 
 As morti foe our hwalth tbereafter. 
 All on b.>ard a ;^ooil sloop-p.icket, 
 MooiJiif^s loosed, ajid all the sails get, 
 Vfn took o'u- (Upurtuie in 5ea-3(yle 
 From Boston 11*: bor by each isle— 
 To ail diMi' friends we bad good-by, 
 Tiidu to ir voyage v'e did apply, 
 And in twiliglit seen what eyos could sac 
 To our birihs for re»' retired we, 
 Ipv!>kiiij| God's lovinj^ blf?sing 
 Safely g'.iid'nj: ever^ thing. 
 Arising ou Holy moiniog 
 Wa sdw ocean-uioneters spoutin^> 
 And bow iilonj every beach 
 The wave washed sands glittering reaclj, 
 While anon hulj Sunday-bella 
 Told us whut nothing batter tells, 
 A briozc wri-f awhile propitious, 
 And onward most quickly wafted Ut^ 
 So that at night we were able 
 To Dicor oui- craft at Barnstable. 
 At Hoiiaei' Hole at, Oyster Bay 
 We worj becaimed on our way, 
 From Saturday night to Saturday-mori 
 Going unto oar pajsa^a-bourn, 
 I'ishin;! and coast-way excursion, 
 E'en trine babe-sight for diveraioOi 
 Some times slow, awhile wind-driTeflj 
 y^Q safe arrived at New Hayen> 
 1V1LLIAM COOK. 
 
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