It is appropriate on an anniversary of the founding of a university to remind ourselves of its purposes. It is equally appropriate at such riffle for students to
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why they have been chosen to attend and to consider how they can best benefit from the privilege of attending.
At the least you as students can hope to become
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in subject matter which may be useful to you in later life. There is,
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, much more to be gained. It is now that you must learn to exercise your mind sufficiently
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learning becomes a joy and you thereby become a student for life.
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this may require an effort of will and a period of self-discipline. Certainly it is not accomplished without hard work. Teachers can guide and encourage you, but learning is not done passively. To learn is your
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.
There is
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the trained mind satisfaction to be derived from exploring the ideas of others, mastering them and evaluating them. But there is another level of inquiry which I hope that some of you will choose. If your study takes you to the
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of understanding of a subject and, you have reached so far, you find that you can penetrate to
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no one has been before, you research.
Commitment to a life of scholarship or research is compatible with many other laudable goals. It is edifying, and it is a source of inner satisfaction even
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other facets of life prove disappointing. I strongly recommend it.