- dance to uphold her banner in the face of all
assaults.
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Time, place and the men—these are the
factors of history; the first and the last vanish,
the scenes alone remain. If history is to be
made real, if we are to know in the concrete,
from the experience of the men and women
who have left the stage, what alone is possible
for ourselves and our race, we do well to see
and ponder the places which knew those who
have gone before. Princeton possesses, in
Nassau Hall, a focus of patriotism—a cradle of
liberty. In her battle-field, the spot where culminated
one of the greatest
campaigns of one of
the greatest of generals;
and in her sons one sees
the triumph of the moral
forces which combine in
true greatness. The lesson
to be learned from
Princeton's historic scenes should be that intellect
and not numbers controls the world; that
ideas and not force overmaster bigness; that
truth and right, supported by strong purpose
and high principle, prevail in the end.
