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Rh of Hebrew Philology, where the greater part of you will not accompany me. But you who are young, to whom I may allow myself to offer counsel and advice, will be here to listen to me. The active zeal which animates you, and which has shewn itself more than once during this lecture in a manner so flattering to me, is praiseworthy in principle, and of good omen; but do not let it degenerate into frivolous agitation. Turn to solid studies; believe that true science is, above all, the result of cultivation of the mind, nobility of heart, independence of judgment. Prepare for our country generations ripe in all things which constitute the glory and ornament of life. Guard against unreflecting impulses, and remember that liberty can only be achieved by seriousness, respect for yourselves and for others, devotion to the public weal, and to that special work which each of us is sent into the world to commence or to continue.

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